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The Annualized Social Cost of Motor-Vehicle Use in the U. S. Based on 1990-1991 Data: Summary of Theory, Data, Methods, and Results

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The Full Costs and Benefits of Transportation

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Every year, American drivers spend hundreds of billions of dollars on highway transportation. They pay for vehicles, maintenance, repair, fuel, lubricants, tires, parts, insurance, parking, tolls, registration, fees, and other items. These expenditures buy Americans considerable personal mobility and economic productivity.

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  1. Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis, California, 95616, USA

    Mark A. Delucchi

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    Mark A. Delucchi

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Delucchi, M.A. (1997). The Annualized Social Cost of Motor-Vehicle Use in the U. S. Based on 1990-1991 Data: Summary of Theory, Data, Methods, and Results. In: Greene, D.L., Jones, D.W., Delucchi, M.A. (eds) The Full Costs and Benefits of Transportation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59064-1_2

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