The Miami Herald reports: "While exact plans for such a tax remain vague, the fees could be calculated based on odometer checks, GPS devices, cellular technology or radio-frequency identification devices that would track how far a vehicle travels and charge drivers accordingly."
This isn't a unique idea. A pilot program in Colorado had 150 participants from 27 counties choose how they would report their mileage, and compared it to what they paid through the current 18.4-cent per gallon gas tax.
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Michael Lewis, executive director of the Colorado Department of Transportation, stated: "Participants reported high satisfaction with all aspects of the pilot program and 91 percent said they would participate in a future pilot."
