Jonathan Rubin presents to U.S. Transportation Research Board

Policy Center director Jonathan Rubin gave a research presentation at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 96th Annual Meeting, held January 8–12, 2017 in Washington, D.C.  The introduction of automated vehicles requires new approaches to transportation policy and Rubin’s research examines the efficient taxation policies for automated vehicles.

Leiby, Paul and Jonathan Rubin, “Efficient Fuel and VMT Taxation for Automated Vehicles,” in Methods for Projecting and Evaluating Energy and Demand Impacts of Vehicle Automation, Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, January 8, 2017.

The annual transportation meeting addresses topics of interest to policy makers, administrators, practitioners, researchers, and representatives of government, industry, and academic institutions. The theme for the 2017 meeting was Transportation Innovation: Leading the Way in an Era of Rapid Change.