Analysis of Alaska transportation sectors to assess energy use and impacts of price shocks and climate change legislation.

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• Creators:
  Fay, Ginny ; Schwörer, Tobias ; Guettabi, Mouhcine ; Armagost, Jeffrey
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Alaska Anchorage. Institute of Social and Economic Research
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Air Transportation Cost Estimating Economic Impacts Energy Consumption Fuel Consumption Highway Transportation Input Output Models Prices Railroad Transportation Water Transportation
• Publication/ Report Number:
  INE/AUTC13.03
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Alaska
• Corporate Publisher:
  Alaska University Transportation Center
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-AVIATION-AVIATION ; NTL-ECONOMICS AND FINANCE-Economic Impacts ; NTL-FREIGHT-Trucking Industry ; NTL-MARINE/WATERWAYS TRANSPORTATION-MARINE/WATERWAYS TRANSPORTATION ; NTL-RAIL TRANSPORTATION-RAIL TRANSPORTATION
• Abstract:
  We analyzed the use of energy by Alaska’s transportation sectors to assess the impact of sudden fuel prices changes.
  
  We conducted three types of analysis: 1) Development of broad energy use statistics for each transportation sector,
  
  including total annual energy and fuel use, carbon emissions, fuel use per ton-mile and passenger-mile, and cost of
  
  fuel per ton-mile and passenger-mile. 2) Economic input-output analysis of air, rail, truck, and water transportation
  
  sectors. 3) Adjustment of input-output modeling to reflect sudden fuel price changes to estimate the potential impact
  
  on industry output and employment. Alaska air transportation used approximately 1.9 billion gallons of fuel annually;
  
  961 million gallons were used for intra-state and exiting Alaska flights. Water transportation used 101.8 million
  
  gallons annually, approximately 84.3 million gallons for intra-state and exiting segments. Railroad and truck
  
  transportation used 5.1 and 8.8 million gallons annually, respectively. Simulated fuel price increases resulted in an
  
  estimated $456.8 million in value-added losses to the Alaska economy through the increase in cost of transportation
  
  services, or equivalent loss in income, to Alaska household of $26.8 million. A carbon emissions tax would have the
  
  greatest impact on the cost of air transportation services followed by water, trucking and rail.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  309002 ; DTRT06-G-0011
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers US Transportation Collection
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