Dedicated Revenue Mechanisms for Freight Transportation Investment (2012) / Chapter Skim
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16 Candidate Revenue Mechanisms This study started with a very broad look at possible revenue mechanisms based on a review of the literature and current (early 2010) proposals.
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17 • Private-sector implementation and compliance cost • Incentives for efficiency • Environmental incentives and impacts • Modal impacts • Economic impacts • Potential for TDM, congestion pricing, or road pricing • Indications of public acceptance Options Screened Out The following revenue mechanism options were screened out -- international trade fees, freight tonnage or ton-mile fees, freight value or value-added, waybill taxes, and carbon taxes or cap-and-trade proceeds. A discussion of each of the screened-out revenue mechanism options follows.
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18 mechanism for freight infrastructure. Carbon taxes have some potential advantages: • They can be mode neutral, especially carbon production taxes that are embedded in fuel costs.
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