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Dartmouth student team tells Senate Transportation MBUF pilots raise privacy and admin cost tradeoffs
Summary
A Dartmouth student team presented findings that mileage‑based user fees (MBUF) can be equitable and scalable but raise privacy concerns and currently face low enrollment and high administrative costs; students recommended odometer‑based reporting, fee caps, and minimizing costly third‑party contracts.
A Dartmouth College student research team presented to the Senate Transportation committee on Feb. 27 about mileage‑based user fees (MBUF) as an alternative to declining gas tax revenues. The students said gas tax purchasing power has declined and that electric vehicle adoption means a growing share of drivers contribute little or nothing via fuel taxes.
The team described three analysis buckets — implementation, equity and revenue — and summarized findings from case studies of Virginia, Utah and Oregon plus in‑depth interviews with six Vermont EV owners. They reported that privacy was the most cited concern among interviewed…
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