New Mobility and Municipal Budgets: Planning for the Future

1.5 CM / LU Pending

Autonomous and electric vehicles have the potential to improve safety, provide mobility, increase road capacity and lower emissions. But autonomous and electric vehicles pose challenges for many facets of local government administration including revenue generation. Traditional sources of transportation funding like gasoline taxes and registration fees may decline as new modes of mobility are adopted. Research at the University of Oregon has focused on how transportation funding may be affected in Gresham and Eugene, and proposed innovative funding options for filling the gap in funding.