| Road User Charging
38 The number of US states
that are considering road
user charging (RUC), have
implemented pilots, or have
ongoing programs
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We know that no two
communities are the
same, and yet, when it
comes to delivering new
technology and the systems to serve
them it’s easy to fall into the trap of
using a one-size-fits-all approach.
Pilots of road user charging (RUC)
across the USA are proof that, even
within the same nation, profoundly
different approaches are necessary in
order to achieve similar outcomes.
That there is a road-maintenance
funding problem and RUC should be
the way to solve it is a notion
increasingly accepted by
governments, highway authorities
and traffic managers the world over.
The question is how can drivers –
who have become used to the benefits
of more efficient vehicles that offer
more miles to the gallon, or even
‘infinite’ miles to the gallon with
electric – and the associated fuel and
tax savings – be persuaded into
paying their dues for using roads that
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