Keith Vodden Dr. Douglas Smith - Transports Canada
Keith Vodden Dr. Douglas Smith - Transports Canada
Keith Vodden Dr. Douglas Smith - Transports Canada
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Analysis and Estimation of the Social Cost of Motor Vehicle Collisions in Ontario<br />
Note that the CAC damage estimate of $8 per tonne, from the work of Resources<br />
for the Future, is $8 per tonne of CO 2 , not $8 per tonne of the major (non-diesel) motor<br />
vehicle pollutants (HC, CO and NO x ). Average emissions (pounds per mile), according<br />
to EPA data are as follows:<br />
• CO 2 -- 0.916 pounds.<br />
• HC -- 0.0033 pounds.<br />
• CO -- 0.033 pounds.<br />
• NO x -- 0.005 pounds.<br />
As these numbers clearly indicate, emissions of the CAC pollutants are much<br />
smaller per mile than for CO 2 . Put somewhat differently, one tonne of CO 2 emissions will<br />
be accompanied by approximately eight pounds of HC emissions (0.0033/0.916*2205).<br />
Alternatively 2407 vehicle miles implies one tonne of CO 2 and eight pounds of HC.<br />
Somewhat different estimates are provided in Transport <strong>Canada</strong>’s Urban<br />
Congestion in <strong>Canada</strong> (2006-Table 4). These numbers imply an upper bound of $20 per<br />
tonne of CO 2 and $102 per tonne of CO 2 for CAC emissions. Our calculations use an<br />
average of these numbers and the Resources for the Future estimate of $18 for a total of<br />
$70 per tonne of CO 2 and its associated CAC emissions.<br />
In summary, the core elements of the congestion cost model are as follows:<br />
42 TNS Canadian Facts, Social and Policy Research