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Title: Assessment of Externalities Associated to the Use of Motorcycles in Colombia
Accession Number: 01516431
Record Type: Component
Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Abstract: The accelerated growth of the stock of motorcycles in Colombia, as in other countries, gives rise to the need to assess the benefits and costs to society associated to the use of vehicles of this type. This paper calculates these costs and benefits by means of surveys, interviews and information available in the literature. It also uses economic analysis of externalities to estimate the optimum number of these vehicles for the country. It was found that, given the prevailing costs and benefits, there is currently a surplus of motorcycles in the country. This result is robust to changes in the assumptions used to calculate the costs. It is expected that the findings regarding the nature and magnitude of these costs and benefits and the externalities analysis will become a relevant input for the design and adoption of effective policies aimed at regulating and rationalizing the use of motorcycles in the country.
Supplemental Notes: This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ABE90 Transportation in the Developing Countries.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01503729
Report/Paper Numbers: 14-4895
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Naranjo, SalomeIzquierdo, Edda PatriciaPagination: 14p
Publication Date: 2014
Conference:
Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting
Location:
Washington DC Media Type: Digital/other
Features: Figures; References; Tables
TRT Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment; I10: Economics and Administration
Source Data: Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2014 Paper #14-4895
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Jan 27 2014 3:43PM
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