REDUCING AIR POLLUTION BY AUTOMOBILE INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE: A PROGRAM ANALYSIS

THE PAPER IS PRESENTED WITH THE AIM OF PROVIDING INFORMATION TO AID THE DECISION-PROCESS OF AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT. IN THIS COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF INSPECTION MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS, FIVE EVALUATIVE CATEGORIES (EFFECTIVENESS, COSTS TO THE STATE AND TO THE INDIVIDUAL, DISTRIBUTION OF COSTS AND BENEFITS, AND POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FEASIBILITY) ARE PROPOSED AND THE RESULTS OF TWO MAJOR STUDIES ARE RE-EXAMINED. EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROGRAMS IS DISCUSSED, INCLUDING PREDICTION OF THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS AND THE RESULTS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS. COST ANALYSIS IS CONSIDERED AND COMPARATIVE COST DATA ARE TABULATED. DISTRIBUTION OF COST AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES ARE DETAILED. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES TO INITIATE AND OPERATE THE PROGRAM POSE DIFFICULTIES. THE MAJOR PROBLEM OF THE REPAIR SUBSYSTEM IS OUTLINED. THE POLITICAL FEASIBILITY OF INSPECTION PROGRAMS ARE RATED HIGH. BOTH CORPORATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL INTERESTS FAVOR INSPECTION. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT THE BENEFITS OF AN INSPECTION PROGRAM DO NOT CONVINCINGLY OUTWEIGH THE HIGH COSTS, POSSIBLE ADVERSE SOCIAL IMPACTS AND PUBLIC OPPOSITION, AND THAT OTHER ALTERNATIVES SHOULD BE EXAMINED. REASONS WHY DECISION-MAKERS MAY CHOOSE TO IMPLEMENT INSPECTION MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS ARE DISCUSSED.

• Authors:
  • Schwartz, S I
• Publication Date: 1973-10

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 845-52
• Serial:
  • Air Pollution Control Association, Journal of
  • Volume: 23
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: Air Pollution Control Association

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administrative procedures; Air quality management; Automobiles; Benefit cost analysis; Decision making; Feasibility analysis; Maintenance; Politics; Social impacts
• Old TRIS Terms: Community consequences; Inorganic acids
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224506
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 28 1974 12:00AM