See the "Aviation Transport Management" chapter of our Online TDM
Encyclopedia (http://www.vtpi.org/tdm ), which includes information
on the external costs of air travel and potential strategies for
reducing these costs. Please let us know if you find any more related
information that should be included.
Best wishes,
-Todd Litman
At 10:45 AM 11/26/2007, Steve Melia wrote:
>Is anyone aware of any study which has attempted to assess the relative
>costs and benefits of imposing taxes or other restrictions on aviation in
>the UK?
>
>I have heard it argued that 70% of flights to and from UK airports are
>carrying people who originated in the UK - a large majority of these are
>for holidays or other non-business purposes, hence flights, particularly
>of the low cost variety, represent a net loss to the UK economy.
>
>Have these questions been researched recently?
>
>The reason I am asking, is that I have been invited onto a forum on
>climate change called by one of our local MPs. Having chaired a debate in
>which he spoke, I have learned that he supports the principles of the
>Climate Change Bill - even some toughening of its terms, but feels that
>aviation should be excluded, because other countries might not follow suit
>and he doesn't want to see any restriction on people's freedom to explore
>far flung places. I will leave you all to work out the logical
>consistency of this position!
>
>Steve Melia
>University of the West of England
Sincerely,
Todd Alexander Litman
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