A Promising Distance-Based Gasoline Tax Charging System Based on Spatio-Temporal Grid Reservation in the Era of Zero-Emission Vehicles — Oak Academic Publishing
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A Promising Distance-Based Gasoline Tax Charging System Based on Spatio-Temporal Grid Reservation in the Era of Zero-Emission Vehicles
Network Information Systems, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Japan
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Mobility Research Center, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Japan
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Mobility Research Center, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Japan
1 Network Information Systems, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Japan
2 Mobility Research Center, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Japan
3 Mobility Research Center, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Japan
Fuel taxes are still a primary funding source for the development and maintenance of transportation infrastructure. Such a tax is collected as a flat fee from the importer or producer of the taxable fuel product. Fuel-efficiency improvements and the adoption of zero-emission vehicles result in a continuous decrease in gasoline tax revenues. This paper proposes a novel dis tance-based alternative method to replace current gasoline tax collection systems in Japan by providing a software architecture platform. In this platform, we utilize driving information gathered via communication mechanisms installed in connected automated vehicles to develop a system that collects gasoline tax based on reserving spatio-temporal grids. Spatio-temporal sections are created by dividing space and time into equal grids and a designated tax charge is assigned. Connected automated vehicles reserve a planned travel route in advance and travel based on reservation information. The performance evalua tion results indicate that the proposed system adequately reserves the re quested grids and accurately collects gasoline taxes based on a sp atio-temporal grid with minimum communication time and no data package loss. The proposed method is based on micro travel distance charges, which generates gasoline tax revenue by 5.7 percent for model year 2022 and 21.8 percent for model year 2030 as compared to the current flat-fee system.
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