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Appendix B - Summary of Survey Results
Appendix B - Summary of Survey Results
Pages 55-64
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Highway Cost Allocation Studies Completed or Planned (e) Has your state performed an HCAS since 1982?
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Responses States Yes 6 New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming No 24 Total 30 (i) In your state's most recent HCAS, what levels of government were separately analyzed in terms of sources of funds versus cost responsibility?
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Responses States Yes 4 California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon No 14 Total 18 (p) Please list any special surveys or major data collection efforts done as part of HCASs: Responses 5Special surveys of local governments' highway expenditures by type Updated financial data and ran reports 1 1 snoitarugifnoc elcihev ,)
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Nevada: Routine HPMS data collection for traffic; special analyses of miles traveled, ESAL-miles traveled, and ton-miles traveled by various vehicle classifications 6. Oregon: Local government survey; special truck weight survey; studded tire studies; flat fee study; pavement, bridge, and interchange cost responsibility studies 7.
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2. Kansas: The study was helpful during development of the Comprehensive Highway Program to verify the equity of user fees between vehicle classes.
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Oregon: Monitoring a Road-User-Fee Task Force Pilot Program currently testing the feasibility of using a mileage-based fee to eventually replace the fuels tax in Oregon 3. Virginia: Distributions of truck operating weights for given registered weights might be available from WIM data (w)
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However, if you believe it will be a valuable tool for progress (whether in terms of developing equitable tax policy, building better traffic information, or exposing significant data collection or analysis weaknesses) , then the rigors are worth it.
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Regardless of whether the study will be done in-house or by consultants, also form (again, prior to commencement of work on the study) a study review or advisory group composed of external stakeholders and other interested parties (e.g., a representative of the state trucking association, a representative of the automobile association, a representative of local governments, one or two academics, subject-matter experts from local universities, and a legislative staff person or even a couple of selected legislators such as the chairs of the committees dealing with transportation and revenue matters)
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(The final bill reduced the Education Fund transfer and raised numerous DMV fees.) The equity ratios moved only one percentage point towards equity for both light and heavy vehicles.
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11. Virginia: FHWA Office of Policy can provide a state highway cost allocation tool on CD-ROM that was developed by consultants.
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