{"id":411,"date":"2022-12-27T07:31:14","date_gmt":"2022-12-27T07:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webresources-uat.com\/nchrp1918\/?page_id=411"},"modified":"2023-11-30T14:01:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T14:01:40","slug":"4-distributional-impacts-analysis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crp.trb.org\/nchrpwebresource2\/research-and-planning-overview\/4-distributional-impacts-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"(4) Distributional Impacts Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"ruc-block\" style=\"border-radius: 25px;border: 3px solid #67B059;margin: 30px;padding: 20px\">\r\n    <div class=\"container-contents\" style=\"margin-left: 25px;padding-left: 10px;margin-right: 25px\">\r\n      <div id=\"bbDIV\" style=\"min-width:45ch;max-width: 150ch;padding-right: 20px;margin-bottom: 25px;margin-top: 12px\"> \r\n          <div class=\"ruc-bb-head\" style=\"color: #818386;flex-wrap: wrap;width: 100%\"><span class=\"ruc-green\" style=\"color: #67B059;font-weight: 700\"><a class=\"ruc-green\" style=\"color: #67B059;font-weight: 700\" href=\"..\/\">RESEARCH&nbsp;AND&nbsp;PLANNING<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class=\"bb-headinks\" style=\"color: #818386;font-weight: 600\" href=\"..\/setup\/\">SETUP<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;  <a class=\"bb-headinks\" style=\"color: #818386;font-weight: 600\" href=\"..\/ongoing-operations\/\">ONGOING&nbsp;OPERATIONS<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;|    <a class=\"bb-headinks\" style=\"color: #818386;font-weight: 600\" href=\"..\/transitioning-growing-stage\/\">TRANSITIONING&nbsp;AND&nbsp;GROWING<\/a><\/div><\/div>\r\n    \r\n    <div class=\"description-text\">\r\n    <h1>Distributional Impacts Analysis (4)<\/h1>\r\n    \r\n    <h3><strong>Description:<\/strong><\/h3> \r\n    <p>      <!-- ####  ICON LINK #### -->\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/08\/Research-and-planning-blocks-icons_Distributional-Impacts-Analysis.png\" class=\"img-fluid\" style=\"float: right;width: 125px;height: 125px;margin-right: 1em;margin-left: 16px\">\r\n      <!-- ####  END ICON LINK #### -->Distributional impacts analysis (also referred to as equity analysis) includes a range of qualitative and quantitative analyses to determine distributional impacts of a RUC. Typical analyses include socioeconomic,  geographic,  and vehicle type.   <\/p>   \r\n<hr class=\"rounded-green\" style=\"border-top: 4px solid #67B059;border-radius: 5px\">\r\n    \r\n    <div class=\"details\">\r\n        <h3><strong>Details:<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n        <p>Analyses typically involve answering some or all of the following questions: <\/p>\r\n    <!--   ### Start of an Unordered List, indicated by ul #### -->\r\n    <ul class=\"lorem\" style=\"margin-left: 30px\"><li>\r\nIncome\u2014Does RUC have differential impacts based on household income?<\/li><li>\r\nUrban versus rural\u2014Does RUC have differential impacts based on urban\/rural residency?<\/li><li> Are any other demographics in the state substantially impacted by RUC?<\/li><li> Does RUC have differential impacts based on vehicle type?\r\n<\/li><li>Does RUC have differential impacts based on economic sector? Are agriculture, freight, commercial, residential, or other sectors impacted more substantially?\r\n        <p><\/p>\r\n    <\/li><\/ul><\/div>\r\n    <hr class=\"rounded-green\" style=\"border-top: 4px solid #67B059;border-radius: 5px\">\r\n    <div class=\"primary-uses\">\r\n        <h3><strong>Primary Use:<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n        <p>Discuss and formulate policy. <\/p>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    \r\n    <hr class=\"rounded-green\" style=\"border-top: 4px solid #67B059;border-radius: 5px\">\r\n    \r\n    <div class=\"primary-uses\">\r\n        <h3><strong>Best Practices\/Lessons Learned:<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n    <!--   ### Start of an Unordered List, indicated by ul #### -->\r\n    <ul class=\"lorem\" style=\"margin-left: 30px\">\r\n<li>When going into the distributional impacts analysis, it is useful to consider the types of rate structures. For modeling purposes, using a RUC rate that is revenue-neutral with the current gas tax allows for comparisons across revenue mechanisms, independent of the need to increase revenue. Choosing a rate that increases revenue can be considered at the start or later in program development, but that choice should be made openly and in coordination with the legislature. See <b><i><a href=\"..\/23-rate-calculation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rate Calculation<\/a><\/i><\/b> building block for details. <\/li>\r\n<li> Because lower income and more rural households tend to have older and less fuel-efficient vehicles, introducing passenger vehicle RUC tends to slightly improve vertical equity as well as rural versus urban equity.  <\/li>\r\n<li>If a RUC task force has been established (see <b><i><a href=\"..\/creating-and-convening-of-task-force\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Creation and Convening of Task Force<\/a><\/i><\/b> building\r\nblock), members should have a solid understanding of the potential equity implications of a RUC.<\/li>\r\n<li> A separate analysis should be conducted for commercial vehicles, including a review of existing tax\/fee exemptions. <\/li> <p><\/p>\r\n    <\/ul>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <hr class=\"rounded-green\" style=\"border-top: 4px solid #67B059;border-radius: 5px\">\r\n    <div class=\"primary-uses\">\r\n        <h3><strong>State Government Context and Assumptions:<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n        <p>Any major shift in tax\/fee policy, such as RUC, invites equity concerns. The economic context will vary by state. State departments of commerce or others may conduct the analyses. Use of a RUC task force to provide input on this can be an effective method for collecting concerns and vetting results.\r\n        <\/p>\r\n       <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n     <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RESEARCH&nbsp;AND&nbsp;PLANNING&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SETUP&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp; ONGOING&nbsp;OPERATIONS&nbsp;&nbsp;| TRANSITIONING&nbsp;AND&nbsp;GROWING Distributional Impacts Analysis (4) Description: Distributional impacts analysis (also referred to as equity analysis) includes a range of qualitative and quantitative analyses to determine distributional impacts of a RUC. Typical analyses include socioeconomic, geographic, and vehicle type. Details: Analyses typically involve answering some or all of the following questions: Income\u2014Does RUC have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/crp.trb.org\/nchrpwebresource2\/research-and-planning-overview\/4-distributional-impacts-analysis\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;(4) Distributional Impacts Analysis&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":0,"parent":388,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-411","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-building-blocks","category-research-planning"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crp.trb.org\/nchrpwebresource2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crp.trb.org\/nchrpwebresource2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crp.trb.org\/nchrpwebresource2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crp.trb.org\/nchrpwebresource2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crp.trb.org\/nchrpwebresource2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/crp.trb.org\/nchrpwebresource2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4896,"href":"https:\/\/crp.trb.org\/nchrpwebresource2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/411\/revisions\/4896"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crp.trb.org\/nchrpwebresource2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crp.trb.org\/nchrpwebresource2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crp.trb.org\/nchrpwebresource2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crp.trb.org\/nchrpwebresource2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}