原文传递
EXTENT TO WHICH USER FEES COVER ROAD EXPENDITURES IN THE UNITED STATES.
| 题名： | EXTENT TO WHICH USER FEES COVER ROAD EXPENDITURES IN THE UNITED STATES. |
| 作者： | Morris-H; DeCicco-J |
| 关键词： | HIGHWAYS-; USER-CHARGES; FINANCIAL-EXPENDITURES; REVENUE-ACCOUNTING |
| 摘要： | The extent to which road users pay, through user fees, the full cost of the infrastructure and services they consume has been an issue for several decades. In contrast to most previous studies, a recent American Petroleum Institute (API) report concludes that payments by road users exceed direct government road expenditures by 50%. The API study points out that conventional accounts of road finance data report only revenues used for highways, thereby excluding funds from other automobile-related transactions (such as vehicle sales taxes) that are not specifically spent on roads. Two major issues with the accounting methodology used by API are identified: incorrect attribution of general taxes as user fees and neglect of various road-related costs. Combined, these shortcomings inflate the revenue side of the ledger and hold down the expenditure side. A more detailed accounting of the revenues generated by road users as well as the public costs, both direct and indirect, that are attributable to the road system and its use is presented. Reexamination of the 1992 accounts indicates that total public expenditures on road-related items were $97.2 billion, whereas public revenues specifically raised from road users amounted to $75.5 billion. The result is a gap of $21.7 billion that was spent on road-related items that were not covered by road user fees. Thus, road user fees covered only 78% of public road-related costs in the United States in 1992. |
| 总页数： | Transportation Research Record. 1997. (1576) pp56-62 (2 Tab., 22 Ref.) |
| 报告类型： | 科技报告 |
相关文献
- RUN-OFF-ROAD COLLISION AVOIDANCE USING IVHS COUNTERMEASURES FINAL REPORT. (RUN OFF ROAD COLLISION AVOIDANCE USING INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS COUNTERMEASURES.)
- THE WORLDWIDE DECLINE IN DRINKING AND DRIVING.
- THE BASES OF DECISIONS LEADING TO ALCOHOL IMPAIRED DRIVING.
- IN-VEHICLE CRASH AVOIDANCE WARNING SYSTEMS HUMAN FACTORS CONSIDERATIONS.
- THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD'S PROPOSALS FOR REDUCING YOUTH HIGHWAY CRASHES: TWO YEARS OF PROGRESS.
- REPEAT OFFENDERS AND PERSISTENT DRINKING DRIVERS IN THE US.
检索历史
应用推荐
