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By Derrick James, McAlester News-Capital, Okla.
February 8, 2023
Feb. 8—The Oklahoma Department of Transportation gives information of the agency's exploration of a pay-per-mile program, Fair Miles, that could replace the fuel tax model. More information can be found at www.fairmilesok.com. 1 What is a pay-per-mile program? As fuel tax programs become unsustainable, a pay-per-mile system would allow Oklahoma to use technology to log miles traveled and charge each vehicle accordingly. This would allow for the future collection of necessary funds by simply charging drivers based on the miles they drive versus the number of gallons of fuel they purchase. Although how a driver pays would be different, the charges are based on the same idea as the fuel tax — that a driver's responsibility to pay tax for road maintenance will correspond to the miles they drive.
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