This paper assesses the costs and effectiveness of several energy policies for light-duty motor vehicles in the United States, using a version of the National Energy Modeling System. The policies addressed are higher fuel taxes, tighter vehicle efficiency standards, and financial subsidies and...

This paper compares results from evaluations of two recent road pricing demonstrations in southern California. These projects provide particularly useful opportunities for measuring commuters' values of time and reliability. Unlike most revealed preference studies of value of time, the choice to...

RELU-TRAN2, a spatial computable general equilibrium (CGE) model of the Chicago MSA is used to understand how gasoline use, car-VMT, on-the-road fuel intensity, trips and location patterns, housing, labor and product markets respond to a gas price increase. We find a long-run elasticity of...

Previous work in the economic theory of parking has treated parkers as homogeneous. In almost all policy contexts, however, heterogeneity among individuals matters not only quantitatively but also qualitatively. For example, providing both tolled and untolled alternatives allows those with high...