Many governments subsidize regional rail service as an alternative to road traffic. This paper assesses whether increases in service frequency reduce road traffic externalities. We exploit differences in service frequency growth by procurement mode following a railway reform in Germany to...

We estimate the effects of major roads and public transit on the growth of major cities in the US between 1980 and 2000. We find that a 10% increase in a city’s stock of roads causes about a 2% increase in its population and employment and a small decrease in its share of poor households over...

We investigate the relationship between interstate highways and highway vehicle kilometers traveled (vkt) in US cities. We find that vkt increases proportionately to highways and identify three important sources for this extra vkt: an increase in driving by current residents; an increase in...

Seit 1967 werden für bauliche Maßnahmen zur Verbesserung des öffentlichen Personennahverkehrs in Städten und Gemeinden erhebliche Bundes- und Landesmittel zur Verfügung gestellt. Die vorliegende Veröffentlichung umfaßt für den auf zehn Jahre bemessenen ersten Investitionsabschnitt eine...