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Cost Benefit News covers legal, academic, and regulatory developments pertaining to the valuation of environmental amenities and disamenities, such as clean air, trees, parks, congestion, and noise. We apprise the reader about ways in which costs and benefits are measured, and the results of empirical studies. We hope that this information will allow public and private organizations to comprehend the risks and benefits of various actions, help disputants to resolve conflicts equitably and efficiently, and improve the quality of public policies. We will only discuss issues related to the empirical quantification of private and social costs and benefits and damages, and summarize information from daily newspapers, academic journals, legal publications, court decisions, professional newsletters commissioned studies, and on-line services. This newsletter is dedicated to the principle that all policies place values upon life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We believe that more information, explicit specification of assumptions, and rigorous analysis can help our society to better meet these ends. This site will increasingly serve, in conjunction with others, as a valuation database. We will include a wide range of studies, including non-environmental reports, because omission of a factor effectively values it at zero, and biases decisions. Heavy traffic has caused several site crashes. We are attempting to correct these problems. Apologies for any inconvenience.
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Spatial planning procedures and property prices: The role of expectations

By CostBenefit on Feb 13, 2011 | In General, Real Estate Construction Housing, Academic Study/Journal Article, Transportation, Preservation & Open Space, Regulatory Analysis, Hedonic Analysis, Environmental Economics / Ecological Economics, Costs and Benefits

Abstract: The objective of this paper is to show if, and to what extent, spatial planning procedures affect residential property prices. To answer this question we used data on residential property prices from an area in the Netherlands called Midden-De… more »

Snow-melting road technology in the works

By CostBenefit on Feb 7, 2011 | In Energy, U.S., Transportation, Weather, Newspaper/Mag/TV/Media Story, Costs and Benefits

... Solar roads that melt snow and ice seem less like a far-fetched pipe dream and more like an obvious investment. Engineers on opposite sides of the country are working to make that happen. Solar Roadways in Boise, Idaho, received a contract fro… more »

Urban Road Transportation Externalities: Costs and Choice of Policy Instruments

By CostBenefit on Feb 2, 2011 | In General, Air, Energy, Climate Change GHG Carbon CO2, Academic Study/Journal Article, Transportation, Sprawl & Smart Growth, Regulatory Analysis, Contamination Cost, Research Institute NGO NonProfit, Costs and Benefits, Free Report at Time of Entry, Socio-Political-Cognitive-Economics

Abstract: Urban transportation externalities are a key development challenge. Based on the existing literature, the authors illustrate the magnitudes of various external costs, review response policies, and measure and discuss their selection, particula… more »

2010 Urban Mobility Report - Economic recovery bringing renewed congestion growth

By CostBenefit on Jan 27, 2011 | In General, Energy, U.S., Transportation, Research Institute NGO NonProfit, Costs and Benefits, Free Report at Time of Entry

The recession has helped some of us forget about our national traffic problem, but the recovery should help us remember it. The 2010 Urban Mobility Report, published by the Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M University, paints the mos… more »

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