Addendum to the 1997 Federal Highway Cost Allocation Study

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Cost allocation
  • Benefit cost analysis
  • Highway transportation
  • Air pollution
  • Highway user taxation
  • Costs
  • Economic costs
  • Environmental protection
  • Federal Highway Cost Allocation Study
  • Highway costs
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-PL-00-021
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Description:
  The Addendum includes analyses of air pollution costs attributable to motor vehicle travel that could not be completed in time for inclusion in the 1997 Federal Highway Cost Allocation Study (HCAS). It also updates analyses comparing Federal highway user fees paid by different classes of motor vehicles with their share of Federal costs to construct, maintain, and operate the Nation's highway system. Since the 1997 Federal HCAS was completed, two legislative changes have been enacted that affect highway cost allocation. First, the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 directed that 4.3 cents per gallon of Federal fuel tax that previously had gone for deficit reduction be deposited in the Federal Highway Trust Fund for highway and related purposes. This changes both the level and distribution of user fees paid by different vehicle classes. Second, changes in authorization levels for different program areas enacted in the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century had a very small effect on the relative cost responsibility of different vehicle classes. For ease of comparison, this report is organized similarly to the Summary Report of the 1997 Federal HCAS. The analysis year continues to be 2000, and the same vehicle classes, vehicle miles of travel, and other vehicle characteristics are used.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/43741/dot_43741_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.08 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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