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Research Archives
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| #EN1 |
| Title: Comparing
Automobile Passenger Transportation Costs
in a Free Market to those in our Subsidized
Contemporary Market |
| Author: David
Anderson, OSPRI |
| Date: January
6, 2006 |
Extract: "A spreadsheet
model is used to estimate the costs of
automobile passenger transportation
in two different regimes of subsidy.
In the free market regime we assume privately
owned roadways that charge rent. In the
contemporary market we simply model current
automotive costs. For intercity trips
where most f the travel is in rural areas,
we find that automobiles are subsidized
approximately 6.4 cents per mile from
general tax revenues. For purely urban
travel this subsidy increases to 8.4
cents per mile. If this subsidy were
ended by employing a higher fuel tax,
we estimate that fuel taxes would increase
by approximately $1.60 per gallon resulting
in European-like fuel prices. While a
higher fuel tax could roughly compensate
for this subsidy it would tax rural users
too much and urban users not enough.
A GPS based toll system, wherein roadway
use can be charged consistent with roadway
costs is probably the best solution that
would end these subsidies. A subsequent
report will apply this type of analysis
to bus, rail and air transportation." |
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| #EN2 |
| Title: Still
Jumping to Inconclusions: Does Precursor
Abatement in Marginal Non-Attainment
Areas Yield Ozone Abatement. |
| Author: Brian
Bishop,
OSPRI |
| Date: August
17, 2007 |
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