00093597

Monograph

Air and noise pollution damages due to transportation activity are capitalized into the value of residential property. Measurement of relationships between pollution levels and property values provides a means of calculating some of the benefits of pollution abatement. Analysis of residential property values indicates the following damage relationships can be measured: (1) Mobile-source air pollution represented by photochemical oxidant concentrations; (2) stationary-source air pollution represented by suspended particulate matter concentrations; (3) highway traffic noise measured by the difference between high and background noise levels; (4) jet aircraft noise measured by the Noise Exposure Forecast; and (5) accessibility in terms of auto travel times. These effects are measured by using ordinary least-squares regression analysis on a cross section of 1970 urban property values for Washington, D. C., SMSA.

See also PB-241 570. Executive Summary.

Final Rpt.
DOT/TST-75/76

DOT-OS-40094

8 p.

1975-4

Air pollution; Aircraft noise; Benefit cost analysis; Depreciation; Dwellings; Economic analysis; Economic impacts; Exhaust gases; Industrial trucks; Jet propelled aircraft; Metropolitan areas; Noise; Oxidizing agents; Particulates; Passenger vehicles; Pollution control; Present value; Property values; Regression analysis; Residential areas; Sound level; Traffic noise; Transportation; Travel time; Urban areas

Abatement; Transportation noise; Value

Maryland; Virginia; Washington (District of Columbia)

Maryland; Virginia; Washington (District of Columbia)

Economics; Society; Transportation (General)

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NTIS, TRIS

Apr 21 1976 12:00AM