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Road Usage Charging and Finance
Conference
May 15-17, 2022 | Denver, CO
EARLY SESSIONS
SUNDAY, MAY 15, 2022
10:00am – 12:30pm RUC 101 WORKSHOP
If you work in tolling but have not had much experience with road-usage charging (RUC),
then don’t miss this Workshop. Depending on your region of the world, you may have
heard RUC referred to as a vehicle-miles-traveled (VMT) charges or mileage-based user fees
(MBUF) but the concepts are the same. Participants will get an overview of the basic
concepts, business approaches, and technology alternatives. You’ll gain an understanding
of the history and evolution of RUC and how it relates to other forms of road pricing,
including traditional tolling, managed lanes, and congestion pricing. Presented by experts
in the field from both private and public sectors, the session will provide attendees with a
foundational understanding of RUC before heading to different sessions of the IBTTA RUC-
Finance conference. Join us for this unique event presented by IBTTA and the Mileage-
Based User Fee Alliance (MBUFA).
MODERATOR: Mark Muriello, Director, Policy & Government Affairs, IBTTA, Park Ridge, NJ
Frederic Charlier, CEO, ClearRoad, New York, NY
Vickie Dewey, Global Innovation: Tolling and Next Generation User Fees, AECOM, Orange,
CA
Nina Elter, Senior Vice President, Global Market Development, EROAD Inc., Albany,
Aukland, New Zealand
Steve Morello, Senior Advisor, CDM Smith, Sarasota, FL
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1:30pm – 2:30pm THE STATE OF PLAY: HOW DO RUC AND TOLLING COEXIST?
Toll systems have been operating in the United States for more than 100 years while
Road Usage Charging (RUC) systems are a recent innovation. With the completion of
several voluntary pilots and full roll out of RUC systems planned in several states,
attention is focused now on how RUC systems might be operated and administered
when implemented. This session will explore the synergies between tolling and RUC.
Will the roll out of RUC systems and subsequent operations change the way the
public feels about paying for infrastructure? Will RUC be managed by DOTs, DMVs,
toll operators, and/or private account managers? What role can toll agencies play in
managing RUC? How might a national RUC program feature tolling as an integral
component? Can future infrastructure funding systems accommodate both
programs? How will we address equity concerns? The answers to all of these and
more will form the core of this session.
MODERATOR: Terri Slack, Vice President, National Toll Program Manager, CDM Smith,
Pittsburgh, PA
Express Lanes Tolling and RUC: Getting the most out of complimentary strategies
Daryl Ballantyne, RUC Program Manager, Utah Department of Transportation, Salt Lake
City, UT
Planning for Tolling in a State with RUC
Lucinda Broussard, Toll Program Director, Oregon Department of Transportation, Portland,
OR
Learnings for Tolling and RUC from Other Industries
Kevin Kelly, Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP, Portland, OR
RUC and Tolling: Meant to Be Friends
Lauren Prehoda, Road User Charge Program Manager, California Department of
Transportation (Caltrans), Sacramento, CA
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3:00pm – 4:00pm POLICY OUTLOOK: LOOKING TOWARD A NATIONAL APPROACH
This session will dovetail with the preceding session—The State of Play: How Do RUC
and Tolling Coexist?—to provide the ideas and insights of prominent industry
thought leaders to the previous session’s state-level case studies and examples from
other industries. Attendees will learn more about what pilots have been successful
and how they might begin to scale up into a national approach to RUC.
MODERATOR: Joseph Averkamp, Senior Vice President Business Development and Sales,
Neology, San Diego, CA
Presentation Title TBD
Jeff Davis, Senior Fellow, The Eno Center for Transportation, Washington, DC
How the Toll Industry Can Lead the RUC Transition
Robert Poole, Director of Transportation Policy, Reason Foundation, Plantation, FL
Road User Charging: The End Game
Ed Regan, Consultant, Ed Regan Consulting, Lake Mary, FL
Assessing the Scalability of Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives (STSFA)
Pilot Projects
Elizabeth Repko, Director, Physical Infrastructure, Government Accountability Office,
Washington, DC
Perspectives of the Mileage-Based User Fee Alliance
Barbara Rohde, Executive Director, Mileage-Based User Fee Alliance, Washington, DC
5:00pm – 6:30pm WELCOME RECPETION WITH EXHIBITORS
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MONDAY, MAY 16, 2022
7:00 – 8:30am Registration
7:00 – 8:30am Breakfast with Exhibitors
8:30am – 10:30am GENERAL SESSION
8:30am – 9:00am WELCOME REMARKS
Patrick Jones, Executive Director and CEO, International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike
Association, Washington, DC
Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, Commissioner, State of New Jersey Department of ;
Transportation, Trenton, NJ; President, International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike
Association, Washington, DC
Carol Kuester, Director of Electronic Payments, Bay Area Toll Authority, Metropolitan
Transportation Commission, San Francisco, CA
Michael Davis, P.E., DBIA, Vice President, Tolls and Technology Service Group Leader,
RS&H, New Smyrna Beach, FL
9:00am – 10:30am STATE RUC PROGRAM SHOWCASE: WHAT'S BEEN DONE AND LESSONS LEARNED
When IBTTA first conducted a survey to gather ideas for the RUC conference
program, this was among the most popular suggestions—a rapid-fire group of
presentations focused on up to eight different state RUC programs and pilots. Each
presentation will provide a summary of the project, what went well, what went
wrong, and what was learned through the implementation and operation of the
program. Then the session will take the form of a more interactive panel focused on
identifying next steps and future directions for these programs, and addressing how
each state program would integrate, or not integrate, into a national program.
Moderator: TBD
Utah
Washington
Daryl Ballantyne, RUC Program
Reema Griffith, Executive Director,
Manager, Utah Department of
Washington State Transportation Commission,
Transportation, Salt Lake City, UT
Olympia, WA
Oregon
California
Maureen Bock, Chief Innovation
Lauren Prehoda, Road User Charge Program
Officer, Oregon Department of
Manager, California Department of
Transportation/OReGO Program,
Transportation (Caltrans), Sacramento, CA
Salem, OR
Hawaii
Minnesota
Ging Ging Fernandez, Sr. Project Manager –
Trey Baker, Associate Vice
Transportation, CDM Smith, Honolulu, Hawaii
Presient, Advisory Services, WSP
USA, Austin, TX
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10:30am – 11:00am Refreshment Break with Exhibitors
11:00am – 12:30pm BREAKOUT SESSIONS
DEVELOPMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY
Today’s transportation is defined by rapid advancements in automation, sensors,
connectivity, and software. These technological evolutions both demand new
transportation financing and present the opportunity for a new RUC paradigm of
data accuracy and integrity, minimized administrative burden, enhanced user
experience, and seamless integration with other services and systems as part of a
holistic transportation network. This session will explore the opportunities and
implications of in-vehicle and roadside technologies for RUC and its place in the
larger transportation landscape. This includes the roles of new and existing
technology market players (e.g. OEMs, telematics providers, third-party
aggregators, payment collectors, etc.), the use of technology to address equity
concerns, enable interoperability and expand services (e.g. MaaS, mobility wallets,
etc.), technological solutions to allow user choice and protect privacy, and the need
for standardization as these technologies interact with and integrate into the RUC
market.
MODERATOR: John Peracchio, Managing Member, Peracchio & Company, LLC, Grosse
Pointe Shores, MI
RUC at Scale: Convergence of Tolling, RUC, and the Connected Vehicle Ecosystem
Jeffrey Adler, Ph.D., P.E., Vice President, Solution Consulting, Kapsch TrafficCom, Rockville,
MD
FHWA's Identification and Test of Technologies for Implementation of a National Road
Usage Charge Pilot
Angela Fogle, Congestion Pricing Program Manager, Federal Highway Administration,
Washington, DC
Collecting RUC Data from Automated Vehicles
Richard Foote, Chief Technologist for Advanced Mobility Systems, Jacobs, Boston, MA
How Technology and RUC Work Hand in Hand
Gerd Nees, Product Owner RUC and Logistics, Be-Mobile, Melle Belgium
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THE POST PANDEMIC WORLD AND THE NEW NORMAL: CHALLENGES AND
OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRANSPORTATION FINANCE
As we enter the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is considerable
uncertainty regarding the determinants of short-term and long-term changes in
travel behaviors, including the shape of growth in journey-to-work travel and small-
package deliveries. This uncertainty makes it harder to predict the growth and
characteristics of personal and commercial vehicle travel. The impact of the
pandemic on travel patterns so far has varied by geography, economic sector
compositions, government policies, and work-from-home policies. Willingness to
pay a road usage charge may also change as the pandemic impacts travel patterns,
household income, and supply chains. Vehicle automation and electrification will
add to this uncertainty. This session will address how to acknowledge and
incorporate these uncertainties in traffic and revenue forecasts and their impact on
capital programs, decision-making, and equity concerns.
MODERATOR: Nathan Macek, AICP, Infrastructure Finance Director, HDR, Washington, DC
Revenue Forecasting throughout COVID - one size doesn't fit all
Phil Eshelman, Senior Project Manager, Stantec Consulting Services Inc., New York, NY
What is the New Normal?
Kamran Khan, Senior Vice President, CDM Smith, Lisle, IL
Adapting To Lessons Learned From Traffic Performance Through The Pandemic May
Require Operational Changes
John Medina, Vice President - Senior Credit Officer, Moody's Investors Service, New York,
NY
Financial Strategy for Tolling Resilience
Mary Sallach, Director of Strategic Initiatives, State Road & Tollway Authority, Atlanta, GA
Financial Implications of COVID on Toll Roads
Anne Tricerri, Director, Fitch Ratings, New York, NY
12:30pm – 2:00pm Lunch with Exhibitors
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2:00pm – 3:30pm BREAKOUT SESSIONS
AROUND THE WORLD: INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
This session looks at road usage charging from an international perspective. While
other sessions often have a decidedly North American perspective, this session
explores what Europe is working on, including rate setting and pricing, the European
green deal, and lessons learned from pilots in Belgium and Italy.
MODERATOR: René Moser, Senior EU and International Affairs Manager, ASFINAG, Vienna,
Austria
Rate Setting To Reach Goals
Jan Cools, CEO, Be-Mobile, Melle Belgium
Technologies For a Seamless Road Usage Charging In Europe: Lessons Learned
Paolo Guarnieri, Head of Business Development, Movyon S.p.A., Rome, Italy
A Case Study of SmartMove Brussels: The Future of Charging
Kevin Kelly, Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP, Portland, OR
The EU Green Deal Political and Legislative Framework: A Path Towards Decarbonization
Goals
Emanuela Stocchi, Director of International Affairs, AISCAT (Associazione Italiana Società
Concessionarie Autostrade e Trafori), Rome, Italy
RATE SETTING AND PRICING: HOW MUCH DO I HAVE TO PAY?
Static, time of day, and dynamic tolls are set and adjusted through various processes
including indexing, legislative approvals, and automatic adjustments based on
usage. The uses of toll revenues vary from paying off the debt used to fund the
infrastructure capital cost to helping pay for other transportation modes. Current
concerns about reduced fuel tax revenues, pandemic-induced changes in travel
behavior, equity, and climate change have spawned renewed discussions about toll
rate setting parameters, policies and processes. This session will examine
fundamental questions and provide solutions regarding rate setting for tolling and
RUC to advance sustainable revenue, equity, and climate change.
MODERATOR: Adrian Moore, Vice President, Reason Foundation, Sarasota, FL
The Importance of Understanding the Who and the How in Pricing Impacts
Nikhil Puri, Principal, Cambridge Systematics, Inc., Jersey City, NJ
Addressing Low-Income Impacts of Tolling and Road Usage Charging
Carl See, MPA, Deputy Director, Washington State Transportation Commission, Olympia,
WA
Setting RUC Rates: What Can We Learn from Highway Cost Allocation Studies?
Amna Shafique, Graduate Student, Research Assistant, San José State University, San Jose, CA
Asha Weinstein Agrawal, Director, San José State University, San Jose, CA
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3:30pm – 4:00pm Refreshment Break with Exhibitors
4:00pm– 5:30pm GENERAL SESSION
ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES OF MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS
Over the years the tolling industry has developed policies, business rules, legislation
and legal agreements to manage among and between jurisdictions issues such as
enforcement, compliance and out-of-state reciprocity, all towards the goal of
maximizing collection of toll revenue. With the emergence of RUC, the same
questions arise both for how to capture revenue and how to be equitable and fair to
all users of the system. The tolling experience can provide important guidance for
any new road funding mechanism. This session will showcase innovative RUC
solutions that respond to specific multijurisdictional challenges of the RUC
transition, including cross border and out-of-state users, enforcement and
compliance, audit and financial management, and adjudication of delinquent
accounts. Other issues addressed by this session will include in-vehicle payments
and technology, agency and internal processes, easing the burden of collections,
equity, and opportunities for combining tolling and RUC.
MODERATOR: Shoshana Lew, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Transportation,
Denver, CO
RUC West’s Study of RUC Evasion and Enforcement
Maureen Bock, Chief Innovation Officer, Oregon Department of Transportation/OReGO
Program, Salem, OR
Channeling a Universal Approach to RUC implementation to mitigate Multi-Jurisdictional
Matters (Commercial Vehicles)
Patricia Hendren, Ph.D., Executive Director, The Eastern Transportation Coalition, Silver
Spring, MD
Why a Clearinghouse Enables Expansion of RUC Beyond Borders
Andrew Peppard, Vice President, Tolling Business Development, ClearRoad, New York, NY
6:00pm – 9:00pm Evening Event at Rein Haus
1415 Market Street, Denver, Colorado
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TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2022
7:00 – 8:30am Registration
7:00 – 8:30am Breakfast with Exhibitors
8:30am – 10:00am GENERAL SESSION: RUC ESSENTIALS -- COMMUNICATION MATTERS
While several agencies have initiated RUC pilots and conducted communications
research, broad public education campaigns to introduce RUC concepts and policies
have been limited. This session will focus on: strategies to educate drivers about the
need for RUC; what specific RUC terminology and policies are most easily
understood by drivers; the coexistence of RUC with tolled facilities; approaches to
ensure equity for lower-income drivers, and ideas for evaluating user acceptance
and satisfaction with RUC.
MODERATOR: Jessica Carson, Director of Operations, E-470 Public Highway Authority,
Louisville, CO
What Do Americans Think About Mileage Fees? 2022 Results from a National Trends Survey
Asha Weinstein Agrawal, Director, San José State University, San Jose, CA and Hilary
Nixon, Deputy Executive Director, Mineta Transportation Institute, National Transportation
Finance Center, San Jose, CA
People finally get RUC: the Evolution of OReGO Messaging
Jennifer Rash, Director of Transportation West, PRR, Inc., Seattle, WA
Michelle Godfrey, Education & Outreach Coordinator, Oregon Department of
Transportation, Salem, OR
Addressing Common Misconceptions related to Road Usage Charging
Patricia Hendren, Ph.D., Executive Director, The Eastern Transportation Coalition, Silver
Spring, MD
Bringing a Midwest voice to the national RUC conversation
Joel Skelley, Director of Policy, Kansas Department of Transportation, Wichita, KS
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10:30am – noon GENERAL SESSION: WORKING WITH LEGISLATIVE AND STAKEHOLDER INTERESTS
In this session, we examine the challenges or working wtih state legislative leaders and
other stakeholders to help them understand the implications of alternative road funding
methods including RUC. It is more than simply launching a communications campaign. It is
about sustaining a long-term policy conversation across mulitiple legislative sessions, with
regular changes among incumbents, on a topic that may seem to offer small short-term
rewards.
MODERATOR: Andrew Fremier, P.E., Deputy Executive Director, Operations, Bay Area Toll
Authority, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, San Francisco, CA
Advancing the MBUF Recommendations of a Statewide Revenue Alternatives Task Force
Melissa Batula, P.E., Acting Executive Deputy Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation, Harrisburg, PA
Sustaining a Long-term Policy Conversation About Road Usage Charging
Reema Griffith, Executive Director, Washington State Transportation Commission,
Olympia, WA
OmniAir RUC Certification - Stakeholder Engagement Workshop
Markell Moffett, PMP, Transportation Operations Strategy Specialist, WSP USA, Portland,
OR
12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch with Exhibitors
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1:30pm – 3:00pm GENERAL SESSION: TRANSITIONING FROM THE GAS TAX
The writing has been on the wall for the gas tax in the United States since the turn
of the century when highway trust fund revenues were first outpaced by spending.
As U.S. states and many countries around the world consider various options, there
seems to be general agreement that transportation revenue should eventually draw
primarily from a usage fee (RUC or MBUF) and be supplemented by other sources of
dedicated and sustainable transportation revenue. Technology and innovative
business practices enable many transition pathways and policy outcomes that are
often the subject of vigorous debate. Some suggest implementing RUC for specific
vehicle segments such as electric vehicles and fleets; others focus on the backend of
streamlining accounts and enrollment; and still others espouse a universal
switchover. Options must respond to issues of public acceptance, political
palatability, administrative practicality, equity, sustainability and, of course,
sufficient revenue generation. This session will explore the opportunities and
challenges of the potential pathways that would transition us away from the
century-old gas tax.
MODERATOR: Trey Baker, Associate Vice Presient, Advisory Services, WSP USA, Austin, TX
Odometer-based RUC: A Low-Cost, Low-Risk Approach To Transition From Fuel Tax To RUC
Matthew Dorfman, Associate, CDM Smith, Arlington, VA
Transportation Revenue Bonding and Transitioning to RUC
Tim Kirby, Senior Lead Consultant, RUC Specialist, WSP USA, Denver, CO
Leveraging Blockchain Technology to Transition Infrastructure Funding
Tyler Milligan, Managing Partner, Milligan Partners LLC, Dallas, TX
Bridging the Gap: Four Complementary Methods to Compensate for Gas Tax's Diminishing
Revenue During the Transition to RUC
Luis Nunes, Chief Operating Officer, A-to-Be, powered by Brisa, Downers Grove, IL
Looking Beyond the Fuel Tax for Sustainable Transportation Funding
Saad Shbaklo, Senior Program Manager, AECOM, Piscataway, NJ
3:00pm Adjourn
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