Feebates, footprints and highway safety

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 375-384

  Greene, David L ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Downsizing of vehicles; Feebates; Fuel economy; Traffic safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; COMMERCE; FUEL ECONOMY; FUELS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; MANUFACTURE; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; SAFETY ENGINEERING; VEHICLES;

FEEBATES; FUEL-EFFICIENT VEHICLES; GASOLINE TAX; HIGHWAY SAFETY; TRADITIONAL MARKETS; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VEHICLE SIZE; VEHICLE TAXES;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE;

AUTOMOBILE; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FUEL CONSUMPTION; INCENTIVE; TAX SYSTEM; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

EID: 67649566930     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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