Quantifying the external costs of vehicle use: Evidence from America's top-selling light-duty models

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 491-504

  Lemp, Jason D ^a   Kockelman, Kara M ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Crash costs; Emissions; Greenhouse gases; Road congestion; Vehicle types

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; AUTOMOBILES; COSTS; CRASHWORTHINESS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PICKUPS; SALES; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; VEHICLES;

CRASH COSTS; EXTERNAL COSTS; HUMAN HEALTH; LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS; PURCHASE PRICE; ROAD CONGESTION; SPACE CONSUMPTION; VEHICLE TYPES;

COST ESTIMATING;

ESTIMATION METHOD; GREENHOUSE GAS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; VEHICLE COMPONENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56349153577     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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