Ch.12 Verified Test Bank Urban Transportation Bellinger - Economic Analysis of Public Policy 2e Test Bank by William K. Bellinger. DOCX document preview.
Chapter 12 Multiple Choice Questions
- Externalities associated with the automobile include all of the following EXCEPT
- Air pollution
- Private commuting cost
- Noise pollution
- Traffic congestion
- Systems of roads and highways contain which elements of imperfect markets?
- Public goods
- Natural monopoly
- Externalities
- All of the above
- None of the above
- Which of the following is NOT one of the primary phases of a commute?
a. the decision phase
b. the line-haul phase
c. the distribution phase
d. the collection phase
- Other than rush hour driving, the two main sources of traffic congestion are
- Work zones and bad weather
- Special events and inadequate traffic lanes
- Bottlenecks and traffic incidents
- Traffic accidents and distracted drivers
- Estimates of the cost of commuting time are in the range of ___ percent of the average wage
- 40 to 60%
- 150 to 160%
- 20-30%
- No reliable estimates have been produced.
- Since 1980 all of the following trends have occurred EXCEPT
- Total traffic accidents have fallen by nearly 40%
- The death rate per million vehicle miles has fallen by 2/3.
- The injury rate per driver has increased.
- The death rate per vehicle has fallen by 50%
- Highway construction has a limited effect on traffic congestion because
- Drivers converge from other roads
- Drivers converge from other times
- Drivers converge from other modes of transportation
- Drivers refuse to pay tolls
- a and b only
- a, b, and c only
- Roads or lanes that require a combination of multiple riders and tolls are referred to as
- HOV lanes
- Diamond lanes
- HOT lanes
- Restricted lanes
- The first City to institute a rush hour driving fee was
- Singapore
- London
- New York
- Stockholm
- Ancient Rome
- Subsidies are a universal part of urban mass transit for all of these reason EXCEPT
- Mass transit subsidies counter the negative externality of diesel exhaust from buses
- Mass transit subsidies raise the relative cost of driving
- Mass transit subsidies increase the affordability of transit for the poor
- Mass transit subsidies are particularly needed due to scale economies for rail.
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