Event Overview
California faces growing pressure to maintain and improve its transportation system as infrastructure needs continue to outpace available funding. At the same time, the state’s primary transportation revenue source—the fuel excise tax—is becoming less sustainable as vehicles become more fuel-efficient, zero-emission vehicle adoption increases, construction costs rise, and inflation erodes purchasing power. Against this backdrop, transportation pricing has emerged as an increasingly important topic in California policy discussions—not only as a potential source of sustainable transportation revenue, but also as a way to reduce congestion, improve travel reliability, encourage more efficient use of existing infrastructure, and influence travel behavior.
Rather than focusing on any single strategy, this webinar explores transportation pricing as a broad policy toolbox with a range of objectives and applications. It examines how different pricing approaches can support transportation, environmental, and public health goals while addressing one of the central questions facing policymakers: how can these strategies be designed to remain fair, affordable, and effective?
The webinar will provide an updated look at the range of transportation pricing tools available, explore the distinction between fairness and affordability in transportation pricing, and share new insights from stakeholder interviews on implementation challenges and opportunities for pricing in California.
