Vehicle mileage fee on income and spatial equity: Short- and long-run impacts

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2115, 2009, Pages 110-118

  Zhang, Lei ^a   McMullen, B Starr ^b   Valluri, Divya ^c   Nakahara, Kyle ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics ^*

^c School of Civil and Construction Engineering   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAXATION;

FUEL EFFICIENCY; GASOLINE TAX; LONGEST RUN; PURCHASING POWER; ROAD USERS; SHORT RUNS; TASK FORCE; TAX REVENUE; USER FEE; VEHICLE-MILES TRAVELED;

VEHICLES;

EID: 76149107175     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2115-14     Document Type: Article

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