The Federal Highway Administration has awarded $18.7 million to eight projects around the country in the latest round of grants for further tests of new types of road-user charges, or RUCs, such as a fee for vehicle-miles traveled (VMTs).
The new batch of Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives (STSFA) grants, announced on March 16, come as Senate and House lawmakers have begun planning a new surface transportation bill. Lawmakers are mulling whether to launch a new wide-ranging test of VMT-type fees in that legislation.