An Equity Analysis of California Household Fuel Consumption by Income and Place

The project findings will be of great value to California (and other) policymakers considering the transition from fuel taxes to a road-user charge. Two equity concerns almost always raised during any discussion of this transition are how the transition would impact low-income households and rural households. Despite this concern, there is no research available using high-quality, recent travel behavior data to assess the extent to which those concerns are true, given current California travel patterns.