SOCIO-ECONOMIC BASIS FOR DEVELOPING TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

LIIKENNEJARJESTELMAN KEHITTAMISEN YHTEISKUNTATALOUDELLINEN PERUSTA

In the modern society, decisions concerning road transportation are made by a number different decision-making units. Individual citizens and private firms operating in different sectors of the economy make decisions concerning the use of transport on daily basis. On the supply side, other firms offer transportation services. The public sector makes decisions concerning fiscal taxation of transport, the supply of transport services, the conditions for use of transport networks and the supply of transport infrastructure. The basic requirement for welfare-improving rational public sector decision-making is truthful information concerning the expected socio-economic impacts of the decisions in question. Here, the traditional welfare measure, GNP/capita, is not sufficient for it ignores several important qualitative factors, environmental effects, and distributional and equity considerations.

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  TIELAITOS (FINNISH NATIONAL ROAD ADMINISTRATION)

  OPASTINSILTA 12 A
  HELSINKI,   Finland  FIN-00520
• Authors:
  • SIKOW-MAGNY, C
  • Niskanen, E
• Publication Date: 1995

Language

• Finnish

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 81P+9P A p.
• Serial:
  • TIELAITOKSEN SELVITYKSIA
  • Volume: 80
  • Issue Number: TIEL 3200355
  • Publisher: TIELAITOS (FINNISH NATIONAL ROAD ADMINISTRATION)
  • ISSN: 0788-3722

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Benefit cost analysis; Decision making; Economic factors; Economics; Policy; Transportation
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 226: Cost benefit analysis; 2248: Decision process; 263: Economics of transport; 173: Policy
• Subject Areas: Economics; Policy; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00729354
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
• ISBN: 951-726-156-X
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Dec 26 1996 12:00AM