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This paper examines the relationship between support for the proposition, political ideology and the economic burdens imposed by the 2017 Road Repair and Accountability Act.

In this study, researchers assess the extent to which these perceptions of mileage fees, which ultimately shape policy opinion formation, are related to low levels of information or lacking information.

In the U.S., mileage fees, or road user charges, are being explored as an alternative to motor fuel taxes, often called “gas taxes.” Researchers from the University of Vermont Transportation Research Center used data from over 360,000 Vermont vehicles to assess the financial and equity impacts of replacing the Vermont state gas tax with a revenue-neutral mileage fee of 1.5 cents per mile.

This dissertation explores the matrix of political, economic, and cultural elements that combine to create a historically contingent context for the plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) market, and analyzes consumption within this context to offer a case study of consumer behavior in an emerging market.