EXTERNAL COST INTERNALISATION OF URBAN TRANSPORT: A CASE STUDY OF DUBLIN

Transport users do not presently pay all costs associated with their transport activities, and especially bear little burden of the costs they impose on the environment. Case studies of Dublin, Amsterdam, Brussels, and London were conducted to evaluate how best to meet the requirement of the European Commission (EC) in its fair and efficient pricing aims in the transport sector. This paper presents results of Do Nothing (DO) and Do Something (DS) scenarios for 2005 where in the latter case each transport user pays for all costs they impose such as pollution, noise, etc. The Dublin results, from an economics model used in this study, are examined in detail; findings are compared with those of parallel studies conducted in the other cities to demonstrate the international relevance of this work. The comparison between the DN and DS scenarios indicates that taxes on all transport modes should be increased substantially, especially during peak travel.

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• Authors:
  • Gibbons, E
  • O'Mahony, M
• Publication Date: 2002-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 401-410
• Serial:
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Volume: 64
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0301-4797
  • EISSN: 1095-8630
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03014797

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Environmental impacts; Externalities; Road pricing; Traffic congestion; Traffic models; Transportation planning; Urban transportation policy; User charges
• Identifier Terms: European Commission
• Geographic Terms: Amsterdam (Netherlands); Brussels (Belgium); Dublin (Ireland); London (England)
• Subject Areas: Environment; Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00960682
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 30 2003 12:00AM