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K. Rennings O. Hohmeyer R.L. Ottinger (Editors) Social Costs and Sustainable Mobility Strategies and Experiences in Europe and the United States With 40 Figures and 39 Tables ZEW Zentrum für Europäische Springer-Verlag r o o Berlin Heidelberg GmbH Centre for European Economic Research
Series Editor Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Franz Editors Dr. Klaus Rennings Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) L7,l 68161 Mannheim Germany Prof. Dr. Olav Hohmeyer Professor for Economics, Energy, Environment University of Flensburg Kanzleistraße 91-93 24943 Flensburg Germany Prof. Richard L. Ottinger Pace University School of Law Center for Environmental Legal Studies 78 North Broadway White Plains NY 10603 USA ISBN 978-3-7908-1260-2 Cataloging-in-Publication Data applied for Die Deutsche Bibliothek - CIP-Einheitsaufnahme Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (Mannheim): ZEW economic studies / Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung. - Heidelberg; New York: Physica-Verl. [Neue Schriftenreihe] Social costs and sustainable mobility: strategies and experiences in Europe and the United States /ed.: Klaus Rennings... - Heidelberg: Physica-Verl., 2000 (ZEW economic studies; Vol. 7) ISBN 978-3-7908-1260-2 ISBN 978-3-642-57669-0 (ebook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-57669-0 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Physica-Verlag. Violations are liable for prosecution under the German Copyright Law. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2000 Originally published by Physica-Verlag Heidelberg in 2000 The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: Erich Dichiser, ZEW, Mannheim SPIN 10748066 88/2202-5 4 3 2 1 0 - Printed on acid-free paper
Contents Part I: Introduction Opening Remarks 3 by Richard Ottinger Fair Payment for Infrastructure Use: White Paper ofthe European Commission 7 by Wim A. G. Blonk External Environmental Costs oftransport - Comparison ofrecent Studies 15 by Gunther Ellwanger Part II: Valuation Studies QUITS - Quality Indicators oftransport Systems 23 by Andrea Ricci andsigurd Weinreich The Impacts ofthe Kyoto Protocol on Full Cost Transportation in the U.S 55 by Stephen Bernow and William Dougherty Optimal Urban Transport Pricing and Sustainability 71 by Margaret 0 'Mahony, StetProost, and Kurt Van Dender Part III: Pricing Strategies and SustainableMobility Goal Driven Design ofa Sustainable Transport System 91 by Wolfgang Schade, Werner Rothengatter, Astrid Giihnemann, and Karsten Kuchenbecker Distance-Based Vehicle Insurance - A Practical Strategy for More Optimal Vehicle Pricing 115 by Todd Litman Valuation ofroad Pricing on Selected European Roads 135 by Lionel Clement, Yves Crozet, andjean-michel Gambard
vi Contents Constitutional Constraints on Social-Cost Pricing 159 by Daniel Lazare Strategic Niche Management for Sustainable Mobility 167 by Rene Kemp, Bernhard Truffer, andsylvia Harms Instruments for Attaining Urban Sustainability: The Case for Tradable Vehicle Use Permits 189 by Haynes Carson Goddard The TransPrice Project: Experiences with Transport Pricing in Eight European Cities 197 by Manos Vougioukas