USDOT solicits applications for funding from Value Pricing Pilot Program
06 Aug 2009
The U.S. Department of Transportation has issued a notice and solicitation for participation inviting States, along with their local government partners and other public authorities, to apply to participate in the Value Pricing Pilot (VPP) program. The solicitation specifically calls for testing of innovative non-toll pricing strategies such as "pay-per-mile car insurance." An electronic copy of the announcement may be downloaded from the Federal Register’s home page at: http://www.archives.gov and the Government Printing Office’s database at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara.
"The FHWA in particular seeks tests of non-toll pricing strategies that will substantially improve livability in an area and advance environmental sustainability in a major way, either directly through the benefits the project itself brings, or by demonstrating especially promising strategies such that their implementation will likely be replicated broadly. Strategies that FHWA believes would meet this test include: (1) Pay-per-mile car insurance, where insurance premiums are converted from an annual or bi-annual charging scheme to one that is instead based primarily on miles or minutes of driving (with rates that still reflect actuarial risks and the coverages that are selected); and (2) highly innovative parking pricing strategies, provided the level and coverage of parking charges is sufficient to bring about substantial and measurable reductions in congestion.”
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions about or to provide information to FHWA that responds to this notice, such as to submit a letter or sketch plan, please contact Ms. Angela Jacobs, FHWA Office of Operations, at (202) 366–0076, angela.jacobs@dot.gov. For technical questions related to the development of pricing projects not involving tolls, please contact Mr. Allen Greenberg, FHWA Office of Operations, at (202) 366–2425, allen.greenberg@dot.gov. For technical questions related to the development of regional pricing projects, please contact Mr. Patrick DeCorla-Souza, FHWA Office of Innovative Program Delivery, at (202) 366–4076, patrick.decorlasouza@dot.gov. For legal questions, please contact Mr. Michael Harkins, FHWA Office of the Chief Counsel, at (202) 366–4928, michael.harkins@dot.gov.
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