Transit in Washington, DC: Current benefits and optimal level of provision

Nelson, Peter; Baglino, Andrew; Harrington, Winston; Safirova, Elena; Lipman, Abram

doi:10.1016/j.jue.2007.02.001

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“…The results of Refs. [21][22][23] provide convincing evidence of the effects of transit at the extensive margin when compared with the counterfactual scenario of no transit service [4].…”

Section: Congestionmentioning

confidence: 87%

The Effects of Urban Public Transit Investment on Traffic Congestion and Air Quality

Beaudoin¹,

Lawell²

2017

Urban Transport Systems

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Traffic congestion is ubiquitous across urban roadways, and the adverse health effects accompanying deteriorating air quality are an ongoing concern. Beyond these local effects, transportation is also a major contributor of greenhouse gas emissions and is thus a significant element of the climate change debate. A contentious issue currently confronting transportation analysts and policy-makers is what the effects of public transit investment on traffic congestion and on air quality are and therefore what the appropriate level of public transit investment should be. While public transit receives plenty of political support for its "green" reputation and its contribution to sustainability, there have been relatively few studies examining the ex post-effects of public transit investment on traffic congestion or air quality. In this chapter, we review our theoretical and empirical research on the effects of public transit investment on congestion, the demand for automobile travel, and air quality.

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“…The results of Refs. [21][22][23] provide convincing evidence of the effects of transit at the extensive margin when compared with the counterfactual scenario of no transit service [4].…”

Section: Congestionmentioning

confidence: 87%

The Effects of Urban Public Transit Investment on Traffic Congestion and Air Quality

Beaudoin¹,

Lawell²

2017

Urban Transport Systems

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“…The VMT tax is known to be more efficient in the present context than consumption subsidies such as LNYW programs; for example, see Safirova et al (2007). If there is novelty in this paper, it lies in the distributional results, which follow.…”

Section: Distributional Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 88%

“…More recently, this model was calibrated for Washington, DC, and was used to conduct policy simulations of gasoline taxes (Nelson et al 2003), High-Occupancy Toll (HOT) lanes (Safirova et al 2003), and congestion pricing (Safirova et al 2004;Safirova et al 2005); to compute network-based marginal congestion costs of urban transportation (Safirova et al 2007); and to evaluate the benefits of public transit (Nelson et al 2007).…”

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confidence: 99%

Distributional Consequences of Public Policies: An Example from the Management of Urban Vehicular Travel

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This paper uses a spatially disaggregated computable general equilibrium model of a large US metropolitan area to compare two kinds of policies, "Live Near Your Work" and taxation of vehicular travel, that have been proposed to help further the aims of "smart growth." Ordinarily, policy comparisons of this sort focus on the net benefits of the two policies; that is, the total monetized net welfare gains or losses to all citizens. While the aggregate net benefits are certainly important, in this analysis we also disaggregate these benefits along two important dimensions: income and location within the metropolitan area. The resulting identification of gainers and losers with these policies, though undoubtedly important to matters such as fairness and political feasibility, are rarely made. We find that these distributional effects are quite sensitive to the details of policy design.

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“…Chapman and Frank, 2004;Ewing et al, 2009;Frank and Engelke, 2005;Frank et al, 2009;Chatman, 2008). Litman (2009) believes that public transport is important to reduce vehicle kilometres travelled and Nelson et al (2007) found that rail transit system in Washington DC has congestion reduction bene ts to motorists. Schimek (1996) also proposed that be er public transport facilities in Toronto's urban region produce higher transit and lower car usage.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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The Effectiveness of Private Motorized Trips Indicators in Reducing Car Usage

Moeinaddini

Asadi-Shekari²,

Shah³

2012

IJTTE

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Abstract:Neighborhoods with similar design may have di erent travel behavior due to the impacts of socio-economic indicators. ere are also some e ective indicators such as residents' income, age, and self-selection factors related to this case that cannot be evaluated easily, which question the reliability of previous e orts to describe the e ects of private motorized trips indicators on car usage universally. On the other hand, private motorized trips indicators are e ective factors that in uence travel behavior but these indicators have not been evaluated in considerable studies. is paper introduces a multiple-linear regression analysis to estimate the relationship of private motorized trips indicators and car usage in various cities in di erent parts of the world with various socio-economic contexts. So, the results of this study are reliable enough to illustrate this relationship with international scale. e signi cant private motorized trips factors are also identi ed in this research for being utilized in car reduction strategies in urban areas.

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Transit in Washington, DC: Current benefits and optimal level of provision

Cited by 62 publications

References 26 publications

The Effects of Urban Public Transit Investment on Traffic Congestion and Air Quality

The Effects of Urban Public Transit Investment on Traffic Congestion and Air Quality

Distributional Consequences of Public Policies: An Example from the Management of Urban Vehicular Travel

The Effectiveness of Private Motorized Trips Indicators in Reducing Car Usage

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