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Growth and Infrastructure Consortium National ConferenceBradenton, Florida
Thursday, November 13, 2014 Steven E. Polzin, PhD
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Factors Contributing to US VMT Growth 1977-2001
Source: CUTR analysis of NHTS and NPTS
Population28%
Trip Frequency
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Trip Length10%
Mode Shifts16%
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VMT Change by State, 2007– 2012
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PMT and VMT per Capita by Age
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Person Travel in Perspective
Household Travel
Private Vehicle Travel 2009
Percent of VMT
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Roadway VMT
Commuting 27.8
761Work-Related/Business Travel 9Other Resident Travel 63.2
Subtotal 100%Public and Commercial Travel
Public Vehicle Travel 22
Utility/Service Travel 123
Freight and Goods Movement Travel 104
Total 100%
Sources: CIA 2013, Brief 2, NHTS 2009, FHWA State Statistical Abstracts, FHWA1FHWA estimate based on NHTS data.2FHWA estimate using vehicle registration data.3FHWA estimate based on HPMS data and NHTS.4FHWA estimate based on HPMS data
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Figure 3-1 Historical and Expected Population Change Trend by Decade
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Figure 16-1 Worker Increase Trends by Decade
The declining workforce growth over the past two decades and projections of continuing declines indicate a much diminished role of commuter growth in shaping future transportation needs.
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Figure 4-5 Population
Growth Rates by
State, 2000-2010
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Figure 4-6 Population Growth Pattern by County, 2000-2010
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Figure 4-10 Long Term Population Trend 1950-2010
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Figure 10-1 Long Term Commuting Trend
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Figure 10-2 Private Vehicle Mode Share Trend
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19.7% 13.4% 12.2%
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Figure 10-3 Detailed Mode Use Share Trend (Private Vehicles Excluded)
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8-1 Consumer Spending Trends
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Figure 8-2 Transportation as a share of Household Spending
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FUNDING ISSUES
Implications for New Capacity Needs
• Going forward needs driven almost exclusively by population and employment growth – not per capita demand growth?
• Needs will be exacerbated if population redistributes to greenfield areas and abandons existing capacity.
• New technology may enable capacity from existing infrastructure to be increased.
Infrastructure funding needs driven by:• Maintenance backlog• Construction cost trends• Extent of higher cost urban infrastructure needs• Extent of technology/amenities/safety features• Extent of shift to transit• Public’s tolerance for congestion/willingness to invest –disconnect between engineering assessment of needs and public/policy maker willingness to invest
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Funding Issues
• No political will to adjust gas taxes • P3s and tolling can not address many of the transportation needs
• VMT charges still a few years away – means of collection is not necessarily related to level of collection
• System preservation and safety investments can not be sacrificed
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Bottom Line
• Resources are becoming more scarce• The system is aging • US mobility will continue to rely heavily on individual vehicles of some type
• We are fueling the system with in a non‐sustainable manner
• The complex multiparty funding strategies are administratively expensive and inherently time consuming to arrange
FLORIDA MOBILITYFEE CONCEPT
The mobility fee should be designed to provide for mobility needs ensure that development mitigates its impacts
proportionately fairly distribute the fee among the governmental
entities that maintain the impacted “roadways” promote compact, mixed-use, and energy-efficient
development
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MOBILITY FEE
• A charge on all new development to provide mitigation for its impact on the transportation system
• Legal requirements for fees• May not exceed pro rata share • Rational Nexus
• Connection: need and growth• Connection: expenditure and benefits
Definition
Center for Urban Transportation Research/USF
BASICS OF THE MOBILITY FEE APPROACH
Land use and transportation strategies
“Mobility Plan”Interlocal Agreements
Methodology for calculating the fee
Methodology for distributing the fee
MOBILITY FEEAPPROACH
Center for Urban Transportation Research/USF
Comments on Funding Source Characteristics
• The more apparent/explicit the revenue source is the greater its opportunity to influence travel behavior and the stronger the connection between the beneficiary and the payer –> impact trip rate, length, mode choice
Toll VMT tax
Fuel tax Impact fee
Mobility fee General funds
Influence travel behaviorIncidence to direct beneficiarySimple
More politically palatableMore administratively complexGreater revenue stream uncertainty
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