USER PAY TRANSPORTATION: FULL COSTS AND PRICING POLICY IMPLICATIONS

This paper presents recent estimates of full transportation costs in Canada, by mode, and increases in user charges which would be required to recover them. It then deals with policy costing/pricing and institutional issues associated with cost recovery. It concludes by discussing the outlook for selected modes, with particular emphasis on road pricing. For the covering abstract of this conference see IRRD number 872753. (A)

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Saskatchewan, Canada

  Printing Services, Government Administration Building
  Saskatoon, Saskatchewan  Canada  S7N 0W0
• Authors:
  • IRWIN, N
  • Sims, L
  • Jones, J
• Conference:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE 31ST ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH FORUM: TRANSPORT GATEWAYS AND TRADE CORRIDORS, WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, MAY 26-29, 1996, VOLUME 1
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 407-421

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Modal split; Road pricing; Travelers
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• ITRD Terms: 8018: Canada; 8525: Conference; 675: Modal split; 240: Road pricing; 1755: Road user
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00736154
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: May 30 1997 12:00AM