PRINCIPLES OF CONTROLLING TRAFFIC NOISE

The main objectives for government to control traffic noise are such as economic efficiency, a reasonable welfare distribution and acceptable noise standards. The instruments available for arriving at these objectivs are traffic control, emission regulation and environment protection. This paper analyzes how to make trade-offs between such objectives and how to choose a combination of noise control instruments. Special attention is then made to one welfare distribution objective, namely the "polluters-pay-principle" which demands using the vehicle tax to finance investments to protect environment. In order to stimulate the development of less noisy vehicles, such a tax has to be progressively increased for noisy cars. The analysis is demonstrated on the situation of Sweden where a differentiation of norms as well as of vehicle taxes is proposed. /Author/

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  North-Holland Publishing Company

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  1000 AE Amsterdam,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • BERGENDAHL, G
• Publication Date: 1976-12

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 419-437
• Serial:
  • Regional Science and Urban Economics
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0166-0462
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01660462

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Environmental protection; Exhaust gases; Financing; Regulations; Standards; Taxation; Traffic control; Traffic noise
• Subject Areas: Economics; Environment; Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00156141
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 23 1977 12:00AM