THE ANNUALIZED SOCIAL COST OF MOTOR-VEHICLE USE IN THE U.S. BASED ON 1990-1991 DATA: SUMMARY OF THEORY, DATA, METHODS, AND RESULTS. IN: THE FULL COSTS AND BENEFITS OF TRANSPORTATION: CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEORY, METHOD AND MEASUREMENT
American drivers spend hundreds of billions of dollars each year on highway transportation. They pay for vehicles, maintenance, repair, fuel, lubricant, tires, parts, insurance, parking, tolls, registration, fees, and other items. These expenditures buy Americans considerable personal mobility and economic productivity. This paper first defines social costs of motor vehicle use as the sum of private sector costs, bundled private sector costs, public sector costs, external costs, and personal nonmonetary costs. It then discusses a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the total social cost of motor vehicle use in the United States, briefly reviews recent research, explains the conceptual framework and cost classification, and presents and discusses preliminary cost estimates.
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Springer Verlag
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Authors:
- Delucchi, M A
- Publication Date: 1997
Language
- English
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- Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 27-68
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- Publication of: Springer Verlag
- Publisher: Springer Verlag
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Cost finding; Cost of service pricing; Motor vehicle operations; Private transportation; Public service; Socioeconomic factors; Transportation operations; User charges
- Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Society;
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- Accession Number: 00822951
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 3540631232
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jan 28 2002 12:00AM