Pay as you go road pricing coming to the USA
‘Millions of American motorists face being taxed according to how far they drive.
Road pricing, which was considered and then ditched by the last Labour government, is being resurrected in Oregon.
A pilot study involving 5,000 motorists starts next month. If successful, detailed plans will be brought before Oregon’s state legislature within two years.
Volunteers will be charged 1.5 cents (1p) a mile, less than a tenth of the average figure being considered when the programme was under consideration in the UK. Volunteers will be given a credit to offset against the tax they have paid at the petrol pump. Other states are expected to follow.’
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