The publication examines the grounds and procedures which can be used to determine costs of damage caused by traffic noise and exhaust gases. The costs were calculated based on the economic losses caused by different kind of damage, excluding costs caused by climate changes, which were assessed by economic instruments needed to halt the growth of emissions. Owing to the shortage of precise information several assumptions and generalizations had to be used for cost estimation. The costs of the damage caused by traffic noise and exhaust gases in Finland in 1989 amounted to FIM 4.5 billion, of which exhaust gases accounted for FIM 2.9 billion and noise for FIM 1.6 billion. The costs caused by climate changes accounted for FIM 1.5 billion of the exhaust gas costs. The costs of exhaust gases of vehicles without catalytic converters are on the average 6.5 p/km in road driving and 7.0/km in city driving. Emissions from vehicles with catalytic converters compared with existing vehicles are 70-80% lower. The costs of existing heavy vehicles are on the average 27 p/km in road driving and 32 p/km in city driving. Emissions from heavy vehicles are expected to drop by 50-60% from the present level. The costs of damage caused by noise and exhaust gases will not probably affect decisively the profitability of new road projects or their implementation order. In spite of that it is advisable to introduce the pricing system at least for the near future. The pricing system will mainly be used for preliminary planning of development projects and for examining the effects of road maintenance programmes


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    Title :

    Pricing of traffic noise and exhaust gases in road planning


    Publication date :

    1992


    Size :

    48 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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