Transportation

(Updated 1/24/01)

Energy services

Moving people (energy use)

Moving goods (energy use)

Moving information (not reflected in flow chart)

Costs

Costs reflected in the market price

The price of the fuel

The price of the transportation vehicle

The cost of the railroad and highway

Costs arguably not reflected in the market price (and size of such costs)

Greenhouse gas emissions from vehicle use (large)

Cost of roads (large)

Auto insurance (not reflected as a margin cost)

Barriers to efficient use of energy in the transportation sector

Lack of real-time price signals on the full cost of driving

Current policies to overcome barriers

CAFÉ standards

Transit subsidies

Potential actions to overcome existing cost barriers and future cost barriers

R&D and tax incentives for the purchase of hybrid vehicles

Potential actions to include costs allegedly not reflected in market price

Pay-at-the-pump auto insurance as a conservation strategy

Fuel taxes