Affordability of Household Transportation Fuel Costs by Region and Socioeconomic Factors

In this study, the authors enable the quantification of household transportation energy affordability in terms of the transportation energy burden, defined as the percentage of annual household income spent on the household vehicle fuel costs. In addition to being a large household expenditure, fuel costs are also the most volatile cost component of total household transportation expenditures. Household transportation energy burden depends on the annual vehicle miles traveled (VMT), fuel price, and vehicle fuel efficiency. This study analyzes each of these quantities at high spatial resolution and then quantifies resulting burden of household transportation fuel costs at the census tract levels, shown in the equation below. This study focuses on fuel costs, but the finer resolution data and analysis framework developed and used in this study could also be used to assess additional affordability impacts of vehicle ownership costs and other household transportation costs.

Language

  • English

Media Info

  • Media Type: Digital/other
  • Features: Figures; References; Tables;
  • Pagination: 58p

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 01842112
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Report/Paper Numbers: ANL/ESD-20/11
  • Contract Numbers: DEAC02-06CH11357
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Apr 11 2022 10:45AM