Transcript Future of Transportation

FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION
FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION
What will we see 20 years from?
If we slept for 20 years what would we
recognize when we awoke?
The future starts….
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Today!
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Let’s start with Mileage Tax.
KY has a simple tax of 2.85 cents per mile
operated in KY for all vehicles above
59,000lbs.
OR is slightly more complex with their mileage
tax based on the weights of the vehicles as
they operate in OR now, but in the future….
OREGON’S TRUE PROJECT
Truck Road Use Electronics project.
GPS coordinate signals from a modified smart
phone device.
OREGON’S TRUE PROJECT
Saves money for both ODOT and Industry.
GPS and Geo-fencing.
 Software produces the tax report. Direct
payment of taxes.
 Expand to pay other fees and track miles
traveled in other states.
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OREGON’S TRUE PROJECT
For more information on this project please go
to:
http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/OIPP/TRUE
.shtml
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Systems like this one in Oregon are already in
place in Europe!
So why aren’t more jurisdictions discussing
mileage taxes?
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Modern Technology has created many
fuel savings devices that make fuel
taxes obsolete and unfair to those
who can’t afford the new
technologies.
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How many in the audience drive:
Hybrids?
Pure Electric Vehicles?
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Hybrids – Significantly raise the MPG.
 Electric – No fuel taxes paid.
 Start-Stop Technology – Raises the MPG by
limiting idling time.
 US DOE $750,000,000 loan to Severstal North
America to develop lighter metal, hopes to save
30 million gallons of gasoline per year.
 Trailer skirts becoming a common sight.
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Natural Gas trucks are also becoming more
common on the roadways.
Large fleets being purchased by major carriers.
To track all these vehicles we now have….
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We now have:
Real Time Vehicle Tracking!
Drivers receive automatic uploads of destination, fueling
stops, and even service locations directly to GPS
devices!
Company receive alerts on speeding, excessive idling,
and even when a truck is moving after hours!
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What’s next on the Horizon?
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Nevada currently allows driverless vehicles on
the highways!
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What?
NEVADA PROJECT
Google has self driving cars running across NV.
 Over 190,000 test miles have now been
completed!
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http://news.discovery.com/autos/how-googleself-driving-car-works-111018.html
NEVADA PROJECT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXylqtEQ0tk&
feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYhKD8leAg&feature=related
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Or you could go to work this way!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj_TiCKHSAQ
&feature=related