The Effect of Government Highway Spending on Road Users’ Congestion Costs

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• Creators:
  Winston, Clifford ; Langer, Ashley
• Corporate Creators:
  Brookings Institution ; University of California, Berkeley
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Congestion pricing
  • Costs
  • Externalities
  • Governments
  • Highways
  • Policy
  • Road pricing
  • Traffic congestion
  • Travelers
  • Trucking
• Publication/ Report Number:
  06-11
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Abstract:
  Millions of dollars are spent every year, by policy makers, in an attempt to reduce the growth of traffic congestion. The authors estimate the determinants of traffic congestion costs for shipping firms, motorists, and trucking operations in an effort to evaluate the traffic reduction policy. They find that about one dollar of highway spending in any given year reduces the traffic congestion costs to drivers by about 11 cents in that year. They conclude that the case for road pricing is strengthened by this evidence.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/85268/dot_85268_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 159.82 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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