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  4. From: adrian@ntmtv.UUCP (Adrian Brandt)
  5. Subject: US Autos on Welfare: Summary of Studies
  6. Message-ID: <1992Aug20.210048.25841@ntmtv>
  7. Sender: news@ntmtv
  8. Nntp-Posting-Host: zephyr
  9. Organization: Why does it matter?
  10. Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 21:00:48 GMT
  11. Lines: 108
  12.  
  13.  
  14. The information in this posting was supplied to me by:
  15.  
  16. John Holtzclaw
  17. PhD Urban Sociologist * Engineering Physicist * Regional Planner
  18. 1508 Taylor St., San Francisco, CA 94133
  19. (415) 928-8332, FAX (415) 776-0350
  20.  
  21.  
  22. America's Autos On Welfare: A Summary of Studies
  23. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  24.  
  25.    Category description                 $/gallon        Annual US subsidy
  26.                                         of gas          ($billion)
  27.  
  28. 1. Police, fire, ambulance; road        L  0.52         KK       16
  29.    construction & maintenance;                          MDC      89.2
  30.    other local government                               M        35
  31.  
  32. 2. Property taxes lost from             L  0.30         KK       66.1
  33.    land cleared for freeways                            V       246
  34.  
  35. 3. Parking                              L  1.40         MDC      85
  36.                                                         M        25 - 100
  37.  
  38. 4. Air, water, land pollution           L  1.02         KK(air)  30
  39.                                                         MDC(air) 10
  40.                                                         M        16.8
  41.                                                         V        12
  42.  
  43. 5. Noise, vibration damage to           L  0.04         KK       28.8
  44.    structures                                           MDC       9
  45.                                                         M        16.8
  46.                                                         V        12
  47.  
  48. 6. Global warming                                       KK       25
  49.                                                         MDC   >> 27
  50.                                                         V        59.9
  51.  
  52. 7. Petroleum supply line policing,      L  0.60         KK       33.4
  53.    security, petroleum production                       MDC      25.3
  54.    subsidies                                            M        65 - 130
  55.  
  56. 8. Trade deficit, infrastructure                        V        59.9
  57.    deficit
  58.  
  59. 9. Sprawl, loss of transportation       L  0.60
  60.    options
  61.  
  62. 10. Uncompensated auto accidents        L  0.60         KK       168
  63.                                                         MDC       55
  64.                                                         M        102
  65.                                                         V         62
  66.  
  67. 11. Congestion                          L  2.00         KK       363
  68.                                                         MDC   >  100
  69.                                                         M         11
  70.                                                         V        146
  71.  
  72. Total U.S. Auto Subsidies
  73. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  74.                         $/gallon        $/vehicle/yr    total $billion/yr
  75.  
  76. Ketcham & Komanoff      10.07           4,110           730
  77. Littman                  7.08           2,965           513
  78. MacKenzie, Dower & Chen  5.52           2,312           400
  79. Moffet                   5.21 - 8.86    2,185 - 3,636   378 - 629
  80. Vorhees                  8.70           3,647           631
  81.  
  82.  
  83. References
  84. ~~~~~~~~~~
  85.  
  86. KK      Brian Ketcham & Charles Komanoff; "Win-Win Transportation: A No-
  87.         Losers Approach To Financing Transport in New York City and the
  88.         Region"; KEA, 270 Lafayette #400, New York 10012, (212) 334-9767;
  89.         9 July 92 Draft
  90.  
  91. L       Todd Littman; "Transportation Cost Survey"; 113 Decatur, Olympia
  92.         WA 98502, (206) 943-9025; 2 Feb 92
  93.  
  94. MDC     James MacKenzie, Roger Dower & Donald Chen; "The Going Rate: What
  95.         It Really Costs To Drive"; World Resources Institute, 1709 New York
  96.         Ave NW, Washington DC 20006; June 92
  97.  
  98. M       John Moffet; "The Price of Mobility"; Natural Resources Defense
  99.         Council, 71 Stevenson Pl #1825, San Francisco CA 9415, (415) 777-
  100.         0220; 6 Nov 91 Draft
  101.  
  102. V       Michael Vorhees; "The True Costs of the Automobile to Society";
  103.         3131 Bell Dr., Boulder CO 80301, (303) 449-9067; 4 Jan 92
  104.  
  105.  
  106. Conversions
  107. ~~~~~~~~~~~
  108.  
  109. 20 mpg average fuel consumption;
  110. 72.5 x 10^9 gal/yr US gasoline consumption;
  111. 173 x 10^6 cars in U.S.
  112.  
  113.  
  114. 30 July 92 Draft
  115.  
  116.  
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