POLICIES TO ABATE POLLUTION FROM MOTOR VEHICLES: AN EVALUATION OF SOME ALTERNATIVES

Alternatives to the current policy of fixed standards and timetables are evaluated. Among the alternatives considered are new and used car emissions taxes, gasoline taxes, and parking taxes. Policies are evaluated on the basis of the extent to which they provide incentives to minimize the cost of air pollution abatement. Effects of different new car emission reduction timetables on air quality in several cities are analyzed. Marginal costs of further automotive abatement are compared with marginal costs of abatement of pollutants from other sources.

• Corporate Authors:

  Mathematica, Incorporated

  P.O. Box 2392
  Princeton, NJ  United States  08540

  Motor Vehicles Manufacturers Association

  320 New Center Building
  Detroit, MI  United States  48202
• Authors:
  • Anderson, RJJ
  • Mills, E S
• Publication Date: 1975-7-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 269 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air quality management; Automobiles; Benefit cost analysis; Carbon monoxide; Cost effectiveness; Cost estimating; Economic policy; Estimates; Exhaust gases; Gasoline; Hydrocarbons; Incentives; Mathematical models; Nitric oxide; Nitrogen oxides; Pay parking; Planning; Policy; Taxation; Taxes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Parking costs; Revisions
• Old TRIS Terms: Air pollution abatement; Fiscal policies; Government policies; Substitutes
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00094194
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt., MVMA-MAT-74-07
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 29 1976 12:00AM