Overview

The book deals with the calculation of costs for road infrastructure and congestion and the allocation of these costs to vehicle types. It focusses on heavy goods vehicles. The most important features of the book are i) the review of the state of the art, ii) a discussion of the theoretical requirements for cost accounts under the aspects of different pricing purposes, iii) a comprehensive treatment of various methodological issues for cost calculation, iv) the elaboration of empirical results for the EU-countries and Switzerland. Of particular value is the fact that existing practice of road accounts in Europe is not simply summarised but the different methodologies are applied at data sets from three countries and quantitatively compared. Further benefits are the comprehensive information and data collection, the empirical results for road infrastructure costs, the harmonised treatment of congestion costs and the policy recommendations.

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Author:   Heike Link ,  John S. Dodgson ,  Markus Maibach ,  Max Herry
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Physica-Verlag GmbH & Co
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.510kg
ISBN:  

9783790812015

ISBN 10:   3790812013
Pages:   138
Publication Date:   20 May 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction.- 2 State of the art.- 2.1 Review of infrastructure cost and expenditure accounts.- 2.2 Congestion cost studies.- 3 Methodology.- 3.1 Methodological overview.- 3.2 Definitions and classifications.- 3.3 Estimation of capital values and capital costs.- 3.4 Cost allocation.- 3.5 Estimation of marginal infrastructure costs.- 3.6 Congestion costs.- 3.7 Summary: methodology proposed for this study.- 4 Results.- 4.1 Capital values and road infrastructure costs.- 4.2 Average and marginal road infrastructure costs.- 4.3 Congestion costs.- 5 Conclusions and recommendations.- 5.1 Towards a harmonised methodology.- 5.2 Further research needs.- Annex A - Summarising tables.- Annex B - Glossary.- List of abbreviations.- List of tables.- List of figures.- Literature.- Project team.

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