Project Summary
As California prepares to transition from fuel taxes to a mileage-based Road Usage Charge (RUC), policymakers face challenges around equity, privacy, and public acceptance. This project develops a modeling framework to design pricing systems that reflect household income, travel needs, and privacy concerns. It compares a simple per-mile charge with more advanced, GPS-based pricing that can vary by time and location, assessing the benefits of congestion-responsive pricing relative to its privacy costs.
