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Houde, Sébastien; Safirova, Elena A.; Harrington, Winston - 2007

The document describes the Washington START transportation simulation model. In particular, it provides information …

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A Review of the Literature on Telecommuting and Its Implications for Vehicle Travel and Emissions

Walls, Margaret; Safirova, Elena - 2004

In this paper, we review 20 relatively recent empirical studies of telecommuting, all of which focus on the trip reduction perspective. The studies include earlier ones with smaller datasets, such as some pilot studies of individual employers, and more recent studies based on broader surveys of...

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What Have We Learned from a Recent Survey of Teleworkers? Evaluating the 2002 SCAG Survey

Walls, Margaret; Safirova, Elena - 2004

In this paper, we analyze the 2002 Telework Survey conducted by the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG). Being a relatively recent and large dataset, the survey captures the current state of telecommuting, covering the entire region with a population of 17 million residents,...

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Emissions Trading with Telecommuting Credits: Regulatory Background and Institutional Barriers

Nelson, Per-Kristian - 2004

The 1999 National Telecommuting and Air Quality Act created pilot programs in five metropolitan areas in the United States to examine whether a particular type of economic incentive, tradable emissions credits created from telecommuting, represents a viable strategy for reducing vehicle miles...

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Telecommuting and Emissions Reductions: Evaluating Results from the ecommute Program

Walls, Margaret; Nelson, Per-Kristian - 2004

In 1999 Congress passed the National Air Quality and Telecommuting Act. This Act established pilot telecommuting programs in five major U.S. metropolitan areas with the express purpose of studying the feasibility of addressing air quality concerns through telecommuting. This study provides the...

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The efficient combination of taxes on fuel and vehicles

Bjertnæs, Geir H. M. - 2017

A tax on fuel combined with tax-exemptions or subsidies for purchase of fuel-efficient vehicles is implemented in many countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other negative externalities from road traffic. This study, however, shows that a tax on fuel should be combined with heavier...

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Distributional and Environmental Effects of Taxes on Transportation

Aasness, Jørgen; Larsen, Erling Røed - 2002

disaggregated transportation goods. Empirical examination on Norwegian data indicates that higher tax rates on high-pollution luxury … modes of transportation such as air flights and taxis reduce inequality and increase the environmental quality. Lower tax … increase inequality somewhat. Railway passenger transportation appears to be distributionally neutral. In order to interpret …

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Distributional Effects of Environmental Taxes on Transportation. Evidence from Engel Curves in the United States

Larsen, Erling Røed - 2005

Indirect taxes on transportation activities that pollute can correct externalities and close the gaps between private … environmental levies. This article estimates properties of the demand for transportation in parametric and non-parametric analyses …. Private transportation using air flights and new automobiles have Engel elasticities above unity while public transportation …

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Taxation of fuel and vehicles when emissions are constrained

Bjertnæs, Geir H. M. - 2021

A tax on fuel combined with tax exemptions or subsidies for fuel-efficient vehicles is implemented in many countries to fulfill the Paris agreement and to curb mileage-related externalities from road traffic. The present study shows that a tax on fuel should be combined with heavier taxation of...

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Efficient taxation of fuel and road use

Bjertnæs, Geir H. M. - 2019

This study calculates efficient taxes on fuel and road use designed to combat driving related externalities. The study shows that the efficient road user charge on fuel is below the marginal mileage-related damage to prevent tax avoidance due to an excessive economic driving-style. The current...

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