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Paul Sorensen, lead author of the NCHRP-RAND-AASHTO report on nearterm technologies for vehicle miles traveled (VMT) charges has responded to criticism, claiming the group does not dismiss the utility of RFID. In a posting to the congestion pricing weblist "con-pric" he says the report authors considered equipping vehicles with RFID transponders and mounting readers through the most heavily trafficked parts of the highway network.

AASHTO, the state DOTs lobby in Washington DC has a report from the Academies of Sciences' Transportation Research Board (TRB) that determinedly avoids toll technologies and expertise in the search for a quick fix to declining gas tax revenues. Written by a RAND Corp led team the report lists three options for estimating vehicle-miles traveled (VMT) charges: