Funding transport systems : a comparison among developed countries / by D. Nakagawa and R. Matsunaka.

By:

Nakagawa, Dai, 1956-

Contributor(s):

Matsunaka, R. (Ryoji)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Amsterdam ; New York : Pergamon, 1997.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (xii, 190 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

0585474001
9780585474007
9781786359681
1786359685

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Funding transport systems.DDC classification:

388.091722 22

LOC classification:

HE196.5 .N35 1997eb

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Contents:

Introduction -- Basic theory and policies -- Transportation policies and financial systems -- A methodology for comparing financial resources -- The calculation of investment amount -- The calculation of contributors' shares -- Comparative considerations -- Prospects

Summary: Our transportation networks are the basic infrastructure supporting our daily life and economic activities and are in constant need of improvement and maintenance - but who should pay for their improvement? The state through direct and indirect taxes? The user through tolls and fares? The transport operator? And who should pay for the environmental impact? This book discusses the basic concept and practical conditions of financial resources for transportation systems. After describing the theoretical basis of burden, the book introduces the policies and financial systems established for transportation in some developed countries (Germany, France, UK, USA, Japan) and compares them from an analysis viewpoint. The book then offers a methodology for comparing the structure of financial resources and presents calculations based on the investment amounts the different groups (eg. transport operators, the state) must contribute to sustain and improve the transport system. In the first half of the book, the focus is on what positions each country takes in regard to: the responsibility of the public sector and the range of participation by the private sector; the balance of burden covered by general funds and that covered by users; and, the balance of burden covered by present financial resources and that as set aside for the future as debt. The second half clarifies how such national policies are reflected in the actual financial resources. Here, after a detailed review of the financial systems related to transportation in various countries, a methodology for an international comparison of financial resources for the improvements of transportation systems is shown.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-190).

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Our transportation networks are the basic infrastructure supporting our daily life and economic activities and are in constant need of improvement and maintenance - but who should pay for their improvement? The state through direct and indirect taxes? The user through tolls and fares? The transport operator? And who should pay for the environmental impact? This book discusses the basic concept and practical conditions of financial resources for transportation systems. After describing the theoretical basis of burden, the book introduces the policies and financial systems established for transportation in some developed countries (Germany, France, UK, USA, Japan) and compares them from an analysis viewpoint. The book then offers a methodology for comparing the structure of financial resources and presents calculations based on the investment amounts the different groups (eg. transport operators, the state) must contribute to sustain and improve the transport system. In the first half of the book, the focus is on what positions each country takes in regard to: the responsibility of the public sector and the range of participation by the private sector; the balance of burden covered by general funds and that covered by users; and, the balance of burden covered by present financial resources and that as set aside for the future as debt. The second half clarifies how such national policies are reflected in the actual financial resources. Here, after a detailed review of the financial systems related to transportation in various countries, a methodology for an international comparison of financial resources for the improvements of transportation systems is shown.

English.

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