Transportation Pricing and Incentives Pilots (Joint Request for Proposals) (RFP#2022-05)

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JOINT REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS - TRANSPORTATION PRICING AND INCENTIVES PILOTS (RFP# 2022-04)Administered by SACRAMENTO AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS on behalf of the SACRAMENTO AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS (SACOG), SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATIONG OF GOVERNMENTS (SCAG), and SAN DIEGO ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS (SANDAG)California has set ambitious climate goals that can only be met by supplementing the state’s efforts to electrify vehicle trips with local programs to reduce vehicle miles traveled (VMT) and congestion. Implementing VMT reduction programs is central to Executive Order 19-19, which requires alignment between transportation investments and state goals on greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction and climate change mitigation. The 2017 Scoping Plan further specifies that the current “gap” between anticipated results of known state greenhouse gas reduction programs and Senate Bill (SB) 375 should be bridged through additional VMT reductions, and Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) have a major role and responsibility to achieve the needed, additional VMT reductions. SB 743 has sharpened the focus on VMT reduction as a necessary part of achieving state climate change goals. Variable pricing and incentives for alternative mode use are potentially powerful tools to achieve the behavioral changes needed to achieve our statewide objectives.Fuel taxes are an unsustainable primary source in raising revenue for maintenance and development of the transportation system. As the fleet of vehicles using the roads becomes more fuel-efficient, and includes more hybrid, electric, and ultimately, fuel cell vehicles, the disconnect between fuel consumption and roadway use will widen. As California is leading the changeover from fuel taxes to a road user charge as the basis for generating revenue, the Sacramento Area Council of Governmen