Marginal External Costs of Peak and Non Peak Urban Transport in Belgium

Leo De Nocker, Stef Vergote, Luc Vinckx and Guido Wouters
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Leo De Nocker: VITO, Flemish Institute for Technological Research
Stef Vergote: VITO, Flemish Institute for Technological Research
Luc Vinckx: VITO, Flemish Institute for Technological Research
Guido Wouters: VITO, Flemish Institute for Technological Research

No 1999.12, Working Papers from Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei

Abstract: This paper discusses intermediate results of an ongoing research project to estimate all external costs from all transport modes in Belgium. It gives estimates of the marginal external costs of air pollution from urban transport. The evaluation of the environmental impacts is based on the European ExternE accounting framework. This methodology uses the impact pathway analysis for the detailed bottom-up assessment of impacts from air pollutants. It integrates state of the art knowledge in the fields of emission modelling, dispersion modelling, dose-response functions and monetary valuation. This paper focuses on the impact of location (rural areas versus cities), regulation, traffic conditions and congestion on environmental externalities. These case studies for Belgium confirm earlier results of the ExternE project that external environmental costs of car transport are significant and that damage to public health is the dominant impact. In addition, it shows that externalities of urban peak traffic are 2 to 4 times higher than for normal urban driving conditions. Finally, it calculates which occupancy rates are required for urban public transport (trams and diesel buses) to have lower external costs compared to passenger cars.

Keywords: Externalities; Urban transport; Air pollution; Congestion; Sustainable mobility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H43 I31 Q30 Q49 R49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999-02
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