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(Transportation-News.com, April 21, 2013 ) Coconut Creek, FL -- For those who can't imagine paying for every mile one tries, a harsh reality may be coming in sooner than they expected. The concept can no longer be considered a far fetched one, as a statewide transportation advisory group has asked the state Legislature to start considering a system that requires individuals to pay for each miles he/she drives.
In the past, the Florida Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council released a two-year study in order to find a way to pay for the state's future transportation needs. It decided that for the long-term, the state could no longer rely on a gas tax, which currently pays for transportation projects in Florida, such as maintaining roads and subsidizing public transportation.
The influx of high-mileage cars has caused the same amount of wear-and-tear on the streets, have meant a decline in the tax revenue received via fill-ups on vehicles. There is an estimated $74 billion shortfall to pay for needed transportation projects, according to the Florida MPO.
The state ought to be taking serious consideration of mileage-based user fees, according to the MPO via a study. If implemented, the gas tax could be eliminated completely.
"In the next 10 years, they will eventually do it," said Lauderhill Mayor Richard Kaplan, Florida MPO board chairman. "Otherwise, we won't be able to maintain our roads or transportation system. This is going to happen."
While Florida is clearly heading that direction, the advent of express toll lanes in the south of the state, as well as all-electronic tolling on Florida Turnpikes are mere stepping stones for the mileage-based system, according to Robert Poole.
Poole is the director of transportation at the Reason Foundation, which is a libertarian public policy think tank. "It's a good start," said Poole, a Plantation resident and transportation advisor for Gov. Rick Scott. "It's a way to pay for widening projects. It gets SunPass in more vehicles. And it's getting people used to the idea."
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