COSTS OF AUTOMOBILE DEPENDENCE: GLOBAL SURVEY OF CITIES

Automobile dependence is assessed in terms of its direct and indirect costs for 37 global cities. The data show that cities with the most car use, road provision, and urban sprawl have the highest road expenditure, the least transit cost recovery, the most spent on commuting, the highest external costs from road deaths and emissions, and the largest proportion of city wealth going into transportation. As well, the newly developing Asian cities are showing that their automobile-oriented planning is proving to be costly in economic and environmental terms. The costs of automobile dependence in a globally competitive urban environment cannot be simply rationalized away due to apparent or perceived benefits of automobile-based lifestyles.

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  https://doi.org/10.3141/1670-04
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  • This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1670, Transportation and Environment.
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• Authors:
  • NEWMAN, P
  • Kenworthy, J
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 17-26
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1670
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile travel; Cities; Costs; Economic impacts; Environmental impacts; Surveys
• Geographic Terms: Asia; Australia; Europe; Toronto (Canada); United States
• Subject Areas: Economics; Environment; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00778870
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309070708
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Nov 16 1999 12:00AM