Transportation Infrastructure Spending and Climate Outcomes: Effects of Reinvesting Transportation Carbon Fee Revenues in Transportation Infrastructure
Author(s): Craig Raborn
Published: December 2010
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Reinvesting revenues from a transportation fuels carbon fee into targeted infrastructure improvements can achieve small decreases in GHG emissions while also improving transportation conditions and generating significant transportation-related net economic benefits; adding complementary policies, such as higher fuel efficiency requirements, achieve much larger GHG reductions and net economic benefits.




