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Title Addendum to the 1997 Federal Highway Cost Allocation Study
Record ID 17913
Corporate Creator United States. Federal Highway Administration
Publisher United States. Federal Highway Administration
Publication Date 20000501
Language English
Abstract The Addendum includes analyses of air pollution costs attributable to motor vehicle travel that could not be completed in time for inclusion in the 1997 Federal Highway Cost Allocation Study (HCAS). It also updates analyses comparing Federal highway user fees paid by different classes of motor vehicles with their share of Federal costs to construct, maintain, and operate the Nation's highway system. Since the 1997 Federal HCAS was completed, two legislative changes have been enacted that affect highway cost allocation. First, the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 directed that 4.3 cents per gallon of Federal fuel tax that previously had gone for deficit reduction be deposited in the Federal Highway Trust Fund for highway and related purposes. This changes both the level and distribution of user fees paid by different vehicle classes. Second, changes in authorization levels for different program areas enacted in the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century had a very small effect on the relative cost responsibility of different vehicle classes. For ease of comparison, this report is organized similarly to the Summary Report of the 1997 Federal HCAS. The analysis year continues to be 2000, and the same vehicle classes, vehicle miles of travel, and other vehicle characteristics are used.
Rosap ID dot:43741
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/43741
TRT Terms Cost allocation; Benefit cost analysis; Highway transportation; Air pollution; Highway user taxation
General Subjects Costs; Economic costs; Environmental protection; Federal Highway Cost Allocation Study; Highway costs; Motor vehicles; Social costs; Traffic congestion; Transportation planning
Geographical
Coverage
United States
OCLC 44796157
TRIS Online
Accession No
796926
Report Number FHWA-PL-00-021
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/17000/17900/17913/PB2001105045.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository