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safety, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Technology, Environmental Studies, Transportation, Transportation Science & Technology, Environmental Sciences & Ecology, SAFETY, 0502 Environmental Science and Management, 1205 Urban and Regional Planning, 1507 Transportation and Freight Services, Logistics & Transportation, 3304 Urban and regional planning, 3509 Transportation, logistics and supply chains

Abstract:

A necessary input for the analysis of efficient transport policies is the marginal external cost of each transport mode. This paper studies the marginal external costs of urban transportation. These include the marginal external cost of congestion, accidents, air pollution and noise. The costs are computed for cars, buses, trams, metro and trucks. The methodology is described and applied to the urban area of Brussels for the year 2005. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd