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On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 11:08:25 -0000, "Huw"

Costs

Few U.S. drivers realize that, including fuel, maintenance, insurance, depreciation, and finance charges on their cars, they pay $34 for every 100 miles of driving. On a yearly basis, it costs the average solo commuter nearly $1,700 just to get to work. By contrast, the average public transport fare is $14 per 100 miles. "Out of the car, into the future" by Marcia D. Lowe. WW, Nov-Dec 1990 The first step is to bring to light the hidden costs of driving, such as air pollution, municipal services, and road construction and repair. Perhaps least-recognized of these public expenses are items such as police, fire, and ambulance services required for an automobile-centered system. According to an analyses of the salaries and personnel time of the Pasadena Police Department in California, 40 percent of department costs are from accidents, theft, traffic control, and other automobile-related items. Extending this finding to the entire United States suggests that local governments spend at least $60 billion on automobiles. Employer-provided free parking (a variously estimated to be worth an additional $12 to $50 billion a year. "Out of the car, into the future" by Marcia D. Lowe. WW, Nov-Dec 1990 The Metro Toronto Board of Trade calculates that traffic congestion costs two billion dollars per year to Ontario businesses. Ross Snetsinger, portfolio; found in: "Transporting Ourselves to Economic Growth" by Sue Zielinski: facts.html at www.kows.web.net The United States spends nearly $200 million per day building and rebuilding roads Paving Moratorium; found in: "Transporting Ourselves to Economic Growth" by Sue Zielinski: facts.html at www.kows.web.net The Ontario Ministry of Transportation has estimated that the societal costs of automobile accidents causing injury and rest exceed $1.9 billion per year, including health costs, policing, repairs, lost wages, and other impacts. This is equivalent to roughly $380 per taxpayer per year. Udo Stillich, p. 11; found in: "Transporting Ourselves to Economic Growth" by Sue Zielinski: facts.html at www.kows.web.net