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This volume treats aspects of the theory and methodology of estimating the full social costs and benefits of transport. It presents measures of the most significant elements of cost, from air pollution, to land use, to traffic accidents. In this book the transportation community is searching for a new paradigm to guide the evolution of transportation systems into systems that are both efficient and sustainable.
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Modern transportation systems have far-reaching, and serious consequences: deaths and injuries from accidents, pollution of air, water and groundwater, noise congestion, and the greenhouse effect. As world transport systems expand and become increasingly motorised, the transportation community is searching for systems that are both efficient and sustainable. Here, leading international researchers explore the issues and concepts and define the state of knowledge concerning the full costs and benefits of transportation.
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