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Title:

Quantifying External Costs of Vehicle Use: Evidence from America’s Top-Selling Light-Duty Models

Accession Number:

01091566

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

Vehicle externality costs include emissions of greenhouse and other gases (affecting global warming and human health), crash costs (imposed on crash partners), roadway congestion, and space consumption, among others. These five sources of external costs by vehicle make and model were estimated for the top-selling passenger cars and light-duty trucks in the U.S. Among these external costs, those associated with crashes and congestion are estimated to be the most practically significant. Because of this, the worst offenders (in terms of highest external costs) were found to be pickups. If crash costs are removed from the comparisons, the worst offenders tend to be the Hummer H2, the Chevrolet Suburban, and the Dodge Durango, all characterized as SUVs.

Monograph Accession #:

01084478

Report/Paper Numbers:

08-1669

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Lemp, Jason
Kockelman, Kara M

Pagination:

24p

Publication Date:

2008

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 87th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2008-1-13 to 2008-1-17
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

DVD

Features:

Figures (2) ; References; Tables (2)

Subject Areas:

Environment; Finance; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment; I96: Vehicle Operating Costs

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2008 Paper #08-1669

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jan 29 2008 4:00PM