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TRANSPORT POLICY DISCUSSION GROUP

Freeway Access and Capacity: Major Urban Areas in High-Income World (20050720)

Freeway Access and Capacity: USA, Canada, Australia & New Zealand Urban Areas (20050720)

USA Federal Highway Cost Program Allocation by Vehicle Type (20070429)

US Federal Highway Administration Revenues & Expenditures from 1921

Cost of Public Transport & Driving from 1960: USA (20050201)

Texas Transportation Institute Urbanized Area Traffic Trends

USA Interstate Highway System: Miles/Kilometers Opened by Year (20060105)

Transit More than 15X Federal Highway User Fees than Highways (20040705)

Federal Highway User Fees: Highway & Transit Use per Passenger Mile (20040705)

China Motorway System (Freeway System): Summmary(20061128)

 REATUHORIZATION OF THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ACT: UNITED STATES

The Reauthorization Roadblock - The Public Purpose #69 (20030816)
Reauthorization: What's the Point? (20030610)

 AUTOMOBILES

Traffic Intensity by Density: USA Urban Areas (20070304)

Daily Vehicle Miles Traveled per Capita: US Urban Areas: 2005<
Change in Travel: Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto: 1990-2002 (20060927)
USA Urban and Rural Annual Travel by Mode (20060715)
USA Consumer Spending: All & Transport: USA: 2004 (20060531)
Induced Traffic: Setting the Record Straight (20031220)
FHWA Research on Induced Traffic: Little Effect (20070509)

Gasoline Price, Driving and Transit Use: USA: 1999 to 2005 (20060305)
Driving and Gasoline Price: USA: 2004 to 2005 (20060226)
USA Mass Transit Subsidies More than 50 Times Highways (20050402)
USA Mass Transit Subsidies Virtually Equal to Highways Subsidies: 2002 (20050402)
USA Mass Transit & Highway Subsidies: 2002 (20050402)

Cost of Driving: USA: 1999 (20030227)
The Public Purpose #57: How Higher Density Makes Traffic & Air Pollution Worse (20030513)
Cost of Driving: USA: 1999 (20030227)
London on the Eve of Congestion Charging (20030215)
Automobile & Public Transport Fuel Efficiency Nearly Equal in 1999: USA (20021123)

Public Transport & Automobile Fuel Efficiency: USA 1999 (20021123)
US Urban Area Traffic Volumes & Highway Capacity
US Urban Area Daily Travel & Highway Capacity: 1999 (20020518)
US Urban Area Lane Miles per Capita: 1999 (20020518)
Trips Over 100 Miles: Market Share (20020107)

US Urbanized Areas: Traffic Congestion Trend: 1990-1999 (20011226)
US Urbanized Areas: Motor Vehicle Use: 1990-1999 (20011226)
Per Capita Vehicle Mile Trend: 1990-1999: Large US Urbanized Areas (20011224)
US Drivers License Ratios by State from 1950 (20010705)
US Personal Vehicle Travel by Density (001107)

US Urban Public Transport & Personal Vehicle Market Share from 1945 (000516)
US Motor Vehicle Availability by Metropolitan Area
US Urban Freeway Cost per Person Mile: 1996
Book Recommendation: Driving Forces by James Dunn
21st Century Transportation: Expanding Mobility through Technology

 INTERNATIONAL

Induced Traffic: Setting the Record Straight (20031220)
FHWA Research on Induced Traffic: Little Effect (20070509)
If Money Grew on Trees.. Flyvbjerg on Infrastructure Lying - The Public Purpose #67 (20030706)
The Solution for Portland: More and More Highways(20030610)
More and More Traffic: Reconciling Smart Growth and Traffic: The Public Purpose #63 (20030610)

The Public Purpose #57: How Higher Density Makes Traffic & Air Pollution Worse (20030513)
Cronache italiane: Congestione del traffico, By Wendell Cox (20020121)
Traffic Density by World Geographical Area (20020122)
Traffic Intensity by International Urban Area-1990 (200101004)
Canada Motorway Lengths by Province (010209)

Mexico Ranks 7th in Motorway Length (010209)
China Ranks Second in Motorway Length (010209)
Ranking of World Motorway Length by Nation (010209)
Roadway Taxation and Expenditures: Great Britain
China Transport Index (000806)

Passenger Transport Shares by Mode: Japan v. United States from 1970 (000806)
Passenger Transport Shares by Mode: European Union v. United States from 1970 (000806)
China, European Union, Japan & United States: Passsenger Transport by Mode: 1998 (000806)
United States Passenger Transport by Mode from 1960 (000806
European Union Passenger Transport by Mode from 1970(000806

Japan Passenger Transport by Mode from 1950 (000806)
European Union Goods Transport (Freight Transport) from 1970 (000806)
United States Goods Transport (Freight Transport) from 1970 (000806)
European Union, China, Japan & United States: Goods Transport in 1997 (000806)
Great Britain Mode of Transport to Work: 1998 (000806)

 UNITED STATES HIGHWAY & PUBLIC TRANSPORT COMPARISONS

USA Urban and Rural Annual Travel by Mode (20060715)

USA Mass Transit Subsidies More than 50 Times Highways (20050402)
USA Mass Transit Subsidies Virtually Equal to Highways Subsidies: 2002 (20050402)
USA Mass Transit & Highway Subsidies: 2002 (20050402)
50% Increase in Transit Market Share Would Shave 22 Seconds Off Commute (20040214)
The Contribution of Transit to Traffic Relief (with Randal O'Toole, at Heritage Foundation) (20040214)

Roadway & Mass Transit Expenditures per Person Mile: USA from 1960 (20031212)
If Money Grew on Trees.. Flyvbjerg on Infrastructure Lying - The Public Purpose #67 (20030706)
Public Transport Costs Compared to Auto Costs by Metropolitan Area (20020621)
Public Transport Costs Compared to Auto Costs by Metropolitan Area: Ranked (20020621)
Public Transport Costs per Passenger Mile by Metropolitan Area (20020621)

Public Transport Costs Compared to Auto Costs by Metropolitan Area: Ranked (20020621)
Public Transport Costs Compared to Auto Costs by Metropolitan Area (20020621)
Public Transport Costs per Passenger Mile by Metropolitan Area (20020621)
Public Transport Costs per Passenger Mile by Metropolitan Area: Ranked (20020621)

Public Transport Boardings & Passenger Miles by Metropolitan Area (2001): USA (20020621)
230 US Metropolitan Areas: Personal Vehicle Market Share: Ranked (20030621)
230 US Metropolitan Areas: Personal Vehicle Market Share (20030621)
230 US Metropolitan Areas: Public Transport Market Share: Ranked (20030621)
230 US Metropolitan Areas: Public Transport Market Share (20030621)

The Solution for Portland: More and More Highways(20030610)
More and More Traffic: Reconciling Smart Growth and Traffic: The Public Purpose #63 (20030610)
Cost of Driving: USA: 1999 (20030227)
The Public Purpose #57: How Higher Density Makes Traffic & Air Pollution Worse (20030513)
Automobile & Public Transport Fuel Efficiency Nearly Equal in 1999: USA (20021123)

Public Transport & Automobile Fuel Efficiency: USA 1999 (20021123)
US Energy Intensity by Mode: 1999 (20011102)
US Transit Unit Costs Compared to Automobiles (010517)
US Transit Productivity Compared to Automobiles (010517)
US Transit Productivity Compared to School Bus (010517)

US Transit Productivity Compared to Inter City Bus (010517)
US New Light Rail & Freeway Person Miles per Route Mile: 1999 (010303)
Road & Rail Length (Distance): US Urbanized Areas (010216)
US Weekday Urban Roadway and Rail Usage (001107)
US Urban Rail & Freeway Daily Volumes Compared, By Randal O'Toole (001024)

Comparison of Urban Public Transport & Urban Freeway Full Costs (000604)
Comparing Roads to Rail, by Jack Mallinckrodt (000528)
US Urban Public Transport & Personal Vehicle Market Share from 1945 (20020322)
Passenger Transport Market Shares: Europe & US: 1996
US Metropolitan Areas: Commuter Income Data: 1990: Index (000525)

New US Light Rail Volumes Compared to Freeway & Arterial Lanes
New US Metro (Heavy Rail) Volumes Compared to Freeway & Arterial Lanes
New US Commuter Rail Volumes Compared to Freeway & Arterial Lanes
US Public Transport & Highway Costs & Revenues per Person Mile From 1960
US Urban Highway Fatality Rate Superior to Public Transport in 1997

US Urban & Rural Transport Safety: Fatalities by Mode from 1990
US Urban Land Transport Fatality Rates: 1994
1995 US Transport Energy Consumption
1995 US Transport Costs per Person Mile
Trend in US Cost per Person Mile: 1970-1995

 UNITED STATES INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS (MOTORWAYS)

40 Years of the US Interstate Highway System: An Analysis

Induced Traffic: Setting the Record Straight (20031220)
If Money Grew on Trees.. Flyvbjerg on Infrastructure Lying - The Public Purpose #67 (20030706)
US Interstate Highway System Costs

The Solution for Portland: More and More Highways(20030610)
More and More Traffic: Reconciling Smart Growth and Traffic: The Public Purpose #63 (20030610)

The Public Purpose #61: Reauthorization: What's the Point? (20030610)
US Urban Area Traffic Volumes & Highway Capacity
US Urban Area Daily Travel & Highway Capacity: 1999 (20020518)
US Urban Area Lane Miles per Capita: 1999 (20020518)
Portland Freeways More Congested than Seattle (20011121)

Traffic per Freeway Lane Mile: US Urbanized Areas 2000 (20011121)
How Passenger Trains Could Increase Truck Traffic (20011030)
How Freight Rail Reduces Traffic Congestion (20011030)
Atlanta Journal Calls for Naming Northern Arc Beltway After Wendell Cox (010518)
US Urban Freeway Cost per Person Mile: 1996

US Interstate Highways with More than 250,000 Daily Traffic Volume: 1996
US Interstate Highways with 12 or More Through Lanes: 1996
Interstate 2000: Proposed Expansion of US Motorway System
US Rural Interstate Fatality Rates Increase Less in States Raising Speed Limits

 UNITED STATES HIGHWAYS & STREETS: GENERAL

Daily Vehicle Miles Traveled per Capita: US Urban Areas: 2005 (20061128)
USA: Total Spending on Personal Vehicles: 2001 (20062001)

Induced Traffic: Setting the Record Straight (20031220)
Houston Traffic Congestion Alone in Decline Among 75 Urban Areas: 1986-2001 (20040214)
Portland Traffic Congestion Rises Most of 75 Urban Areas: 1986-2001 (20040214)
USA Urban Areas Ranked by Change in Traffic Congestion: 1986-2001 (20040214)
Travel Time Index Trend 1982-2001: Texas Transportation Institute Data: 75 Areas (20031018)

Traffic Congestion Trend 1982-2001: Texas Transportation Institute Data: 75 Areas (20031018)
Roadway Use per Capita 1982-2001: Texas Transportation Institute Data: 75 Areas (20031018)
Traffic Intensity Trend 1982-2001: Texas Transportation Institute Data: 75 Areas (20031018)
The Public Purpose #61: Reauthorization: What's the Point? (20030610)
US Urban Area Traffic Volumes & Highway Capacity

US Urban Area Daily Travel & Highway Capacity: 1999 (20020518)
US Urban Area Lane Miles per Capita: 1999 (20020518)
US Federal Highway Administration Revenues & Expenditures from 1921 (20020121)
US Urbanized Areas: Traffic Congestion Trend: 1990-1999 (20011226)
US Urbanized Areas: Motor Vehicle Use: 1990-1999 (20011226)

Per Capita Vehicle Mile Trend: 1990-1999: Large US Urbanized Areas (20011224)
Portland Freeways More Congested than Seattle (20011121)
Traffic per Freeway Lane Mile: US Urbanized Areas 2000 (20011121)
Portland Traffic Density Exceeds Seattle (20011121)
Traffic Density: US Urbanized Areas 2000 (20011121)

US Air Pollution from Autos & Light Trucks: 1970-1999 (20011102)
Letter to US News: American Gridlock Could not be More Wrong (010523)
Atlanta Ranks 22nd in Average Daily Travel per Capita All Urbanized Areas (001120)
1999 Highway Statistics: All US Urbanized Areas by Per Capita Travel (001120)
1999 Highway Statistics: All US Urbanized Areas by Traffic Intensity (001120)

1999 Highway Statistics: All US Urbanized Areas by State (001120)
1999 Highway Statistics: Large US Urbanized Areas by Freeway Lane Miles per 1,000 (001120)
1999 Highway Statistics: Large US Urbanized Areas by Freeway Volume per Lane Mile (001120)
1999 Highway Statistics: Large US Urbanized Areas Ranked by Traffic Intensity (001120)

Atlanta Falls to 2nd in Average Daily Travel per Capita Among Largest Areas (001120)
1999 Highway Statistics: Large US Urbanized Areas Ranked by Per Capita Vehicle Miles (001120)
1999 Highway Statistics: US Urbanized Areas over 1,000,000 (001120)
US Highway Revenues & Expenditures from 1993 (991226)
21st Century Transportation: Expanding Mobility through Technology

Highways and Prosperity Revisited: Response to Victoria Transport Policy Inst.
US Motor Vehicle Availability by Metropolitan Area
US Streets and Highways: User Fees and Subsidies: The Difference
US Highway Capacity Index by Urbanized Areas: 1996
US US Public Transport & Highway Costs & Subsidies

US Highway & Street Expenditures & Revenues: 1996
Annual Street & Highway Growth in Largest US Metropolitan Areas
US Highway & Local Street Revenues & Expenditures: 1995
1995 US Transport Costs per Person Mile
Trend in US Cost per Person Mile: 1970-1995

 UNITED STATES SAFETY

Safety Index
US Highway Fatalities from 1957
US Highway Fatality Rate Drops 73% From 1957 to 1997
Europe (EU) & US Road Fatality Rates: 1996

US Urban Highway Fatality Rate Superior to Public Transport in 1997
US Highway Fatality Rates by Location & Roadway Type: 1996
US Rural Interstate Fatality Rates Increase Less in States Raising Speed Limits
US Urban & Rural Transport Safety: Fatalities by Mode from 1990
US Urban Land Transport Fatality Rates: 1994

 UNITED STATES METROPOLITAN AREAS

Induced Traffic: Setting the Record Straight (20031220)
The Public Purpose #61: Reauthorization: What's the Point? (20030610)
Traffic Intensity and Density: Trend in Largest US Urban Areas: 1990-2000 (20021130)
Traffic Intensity 2001 by Population Density Classification (20021125)

Traffic Intensity 2001: US Urban Areas Over 1,000,000 (20021125)
US Urban Area Traffic Volumes & Highway Capacity
US Urban Area Daily Travel & Highway Capacity: 1999 (20020518)
US Urban Area Lane Miles per Capita: 1999 (20020518)
US Urbanized Areas: Traffic Congestion Trend: 1990-1999 (20011226)

US Urbanized Areas: Motor Vehicle Use: 1990-1999 (20011226)
Per Capita Vehicle Mile Trend: 1990-1999: Large US Urbanized Areas (20011224)
Letter to the Oregonian Re: I-5 North Expansion (010523)
Traffic Growth 1990-7 in US Urban Areas over 1,000,000 Population (000720)
Traffic Growth 1990-7 in US Urban Areas: Ranked by Population Change (000720)

Traffic Growth 1990-7 in US Urban Areas: Ranked by Per Capita Change (000720)
Traffic Growth 1990-7 in US Urban Areas: Ranked by Change in Miles Traveled (000720)
Wendell Cox Daily News Op-ed on Los Angeles Traffic
Highway Use Continues to Escalate in New Urbanist Portland
Annual Street & Highway Growth in Largest US Metropolitan Areas

 UNITED STATES ENERGY CONSUMPTION

US Energy Intensity by Mode: 1999 (20011102)
1995 US Transport Energy Consumption

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