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2/f /97 <br />_ Final Repor� and R.ecommer�cia�ions <br />for IZe�ional Mar�cet-$a�ed Transportation Pricing <br />R.EAC�I Task Foree <br />(Reduce Ernissions and Cangestian on HighwczyS} <br />EXECUTIVE SUMI�IAItY <br />_ 3anuary 1997 <br />I. $ackground: A,ir Pol�ufiian and Traffic Conge�fion `I'}u'eai�n <br />R�gional Vi#alify <br />Southern California has made �reat strides in its decades-Iong effort to clean up the air and �nsllre <br />_ adequaie lsvels of mof�iiity. $ut the region's :populaiion—projected to increase by 7.� million by <br />2D2fl—and current trends io�vards increased per capita vehicle iravel pose major challengzs to our <br />economic and environmental health. ��}iile in the pasi, ttie South Coast Air Qualitv Man�ement <br />Disirict (SCAQMD), along 1vith other air qualiR� a�encies, f�as made si�n�ficant progress in <br />improvin� air quaiity ihrou� various programs, current plans for attainment of heaith standards <br />depend, by n�c�ssiry, on �fie development and consumer accepiance of a number of ne«�, cIeaner <br />technologies. And �ough ti3e S CAQMD projecis meeting current �ederal clean air s�andards b_y <br />2Q10, t}ie Siate's more stringent clean air standards are not expected to be reached until afiert}iat <br />daie. <br />, As tfie region adopted and implemented the tradiiional re�uIaiorti� and iechnology-forcing air <br />quality siraiegies, innovative transportaiion dzmand management measures (commnter-based <br />ruies, tElecommvtin�, eic.) �,�ere developed to help meei air qualitv objectives, as u�ell as to <br />maintain regional mobility under ne«� nscal constraints. Some of these measures have be�n <br />implemeni�d, �vith various de�rees of success. Yet, the straiegy be3ieved bv some to be thz most <br />, effective--compr�hensi�•e market-based tiar�sportation pricing (inc]udin� congesiion pricin� and <br />eznissions fa�s}-has, until recently, remained untesied in any si�nificant regional appiication. <br />�Iarket-ba�� transporta�tion pricing (aiso caIled "nser fees" or "mazket inrentives"� 1llfjllEfiCCS <br />trav�l bei�avior by chaz�ing motorists accorrlin� to vehicle usa.�e. Z�e fee sfiould be closely :elaied <br />to iile acival cosis of cangesiion and air pollution, }�ased on rel�vani faciors includin� hc�v ;,rowtied <br />�, a road�vay is tivhen a driver chooses to travel that route, and on ihe amount of a v�hiclE's �missions <br />per miie_driv�n. User fees work efficientiy to harness ihe power oflhe markeiplace, givin� <br />businesses an opporiunity iv respond to consumer demand and provide �vavs for people to �et <br />, access io jobs, recrration, goads and services besides drivin� alone or at pea{c �eriods. Un3ike most <br />• o�er soIuiions, these fees r.an help to 5olve many problems at once, r�ducing congesiion and all <br />` major air po1luL�nis bv piacing i}ie inie costs of drivin� on individual drivers. <br />1 <br />�� . 4� " U <br />� �� <br />, � - - ---- <br />i T ,- ' <br />