EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY. IN: URBAN TRANSPORT

The purpose of this paper is to offer a different view on paying for and investing in the transportation infrastructure. The potential exists to realize substantial benefits from an efficient infrastructure policy. The conclusion shows that public spending on infrastructure should certainly be increased, but it should be done efficiently and be accompanied by efficient pricing.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Originally Published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 5 (1), Winter, 113-27.
• Corporate Authors:

  Edward Elgar Publishers

  William Pratt House, 9 Dewey Court
  Northampton, MA  United States  01060-3815
• Authors:
  • Winston, C
• Publication Date: 2003

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 422-436
• Serial:
  • Classics in Transport Analysis
  • Volume: 8
  • Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefits; Cost effectiveness; Infrastructure; Investments; Policy making; Pricing; Public relations; Public transit; Urban transit; Urban transportation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00973582
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 1840645504
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 18 2004 12:00AM