The report has considered waterway user charges, which have been proposed as a method of cost recovery of Federal expenditures. The report has examined possible modal carrier and traffic impacts due to user charges on the inland river system, and potential differential effects of various cost recovery options. It has found that waterway ton-miles may be reduced by as much as ten percent by the recovery of 100 percent of annual Federal operating, maintenance, and rehabilitation expenditures on rivers through a segment-specific toll. Adjustments to the changes in transportation prices by economic agents such as shippers, carriers, and producers should act to lower these traffic impacts over the long term. The report is divided into three volumes. This volume serves as an introduction to and summary of the Department of Transportation inland waterway user charge analysis. Alternative recovery options are discussed, sample tolls are calculated, and potential impacts of cost recovery on waterway traffic and carrier finances are summarized.


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    Modal Traffic Impacts of Waterway User Charges. Volume III: Data Appendix

    D. L. Anderson / R. W. Schuessler / P. A. Cardellichio | NTIS | 1977


    Modal Traffic Impacts of Waterway User Charges. Volume II: Distribution Systems Analysis

    D. L. Anderson / R. W. Schuessler / P. A. Cardellichio | NTIS | 1977


    Deep-Draft Navigation User Charges: Recovery Options and Impacts

    D. L. Anderson / R. W. Schuessler / P. A. Cardellichio | NTIS | 1977


    Regional Market, Industry, and Transportation Impacts of Waterway User Charges

    D. L. Anderson / R. W. Schuessler / P. A. Cardellichio | NTIS | 1977