Vehicle Mile Travel (VMT) is a study related to available alternatives for the road
revenue collection system. As per the demand, the existing Gas/Fuel tax based revenue
collection system is not found an appropriate option in the longer run. Due
to existing system constraints like: no eective tax process for vehicles based on alternative
fuel (e.g. electric vehicles), no eective changes in tax due to economical
ination, and more highway expenditure than generated revenue, an alternative revenue
collection mechanism is required. Hence, the objective is to study an alternative
option in detail, which can address the gaps between required revenue and generated
revenue in existing collection system. In Nevada, Phase1 of the study was completed
in 2010, which included: 1) Design of a GPS based mileage fee system, 2) To conduct
comprehensive public outreach, identify concerns, educate the public about the shortfalls
and limitations of the current fuel tax, 3) Assessment and evaluation of potential
privacy impacts, 4) Analyses of institutional, policy, legislative, and legal aspects,
and 5) Developing economic models to assess and recommend equitable VMT fee. As
part of this work, the main objective is to study the Vehicle Mile Traveled (VMT) tax
based revenue collection system solution over existing gas tax based revenue collection
system. Objective also consists of small-scale eld test that needs to be conducted
with 25 participants to assess the feasibility of the VMT system. Other components
of thesis include: identifying the technical details in order to have complete VMT
infrastructure, data analysis, qualitative analysis of reviews collected during phase 1
and phase 2 in order to compare the privacy concern in both the phases, analyzing
the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) database to assess the approximate VMT
tax rate. An optimal control model has also been developed to control rate per mile
to optimize the generated revenue based on VMT tax
