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To: LindyBill who wrote (101732)	2/23/2005 11:44:50 AM
From: Volsi Mimir	Read Replies (1) of 793900

Here's another thing Microsoft may excel in:(end of article) The Puget Sound Regional Council will soon test technology that can track the miles motorists have driven and bill them at peak- and non-peak-hour rates. seattletimes.nwsource.com --------------------------------------- <snip> Technology can help region avert traffic gridlock Do we have to choose between technology and expansion of road and transit capacity? No, because they support each other. What about technology over the longer term? Improved fuel efficiency and alternative fuels are eroding the effectiveness of the gas tax for funding our highway systems. We can begin to supplement — and eventually replace — the gas tax by using another technology-based congestion beater: time- and place-adjusted metering of road usage by the mile, throughout the state. The Internal Revenue Service allows a 40-cents-per-mile reimbursement for the business use of your car. A charge of about 8 cents per mile for vehicles traveling in Puget Sound would fund the region's highway program, but a proper system would vary the charge by location and time of day. With the cost of the Alaskan Way Viaduct, Highway 520 bridge, Interstate 405 and transit projects approaching $30 billion, we have to be more creative. The Puget Sound Regional Council will soon test technology that can track the miles motorists have driven and bill them at peak- and non-peak-hour rates. The key to getting the best out of technology for addressing our transportation challenges is for transportation leaders to articulate a vision of the possibilities for our region — one of the most wired, technologically savvy areas of our nation. Bruce Agnew is the policy director of the Cascadia Center for Transportation and Regional Development of Discovery Institute in Seattle. The "Breaking Gridlock with Technology" conference, co-hosted by the Cascadia Center and Microsoft, will be held Thursday and Friday at the Microsoft campus in Redmond (www.cascadiaproject.org, or 206-292-0401, ext. 153).

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