This paper evaluates policy options for responding to rising fuel prices. There is popular support for policies that minimize fuel prices through subsidies and tax eductions, but such policies harm consumers and the economy overall because they increase total fuel consumption and vehicle travel, and therefore associated costs such as traffic and parking congestion, infrastructure costs, traffic crashes, trade imbalances and pollution emissions. Read paper
Daily Archives: 7 Mar '12
Capital’s bike scheme expanded for summer
THE first phase of the Dublin Bikes expansion scheme will get under way this summer with 1,000 new bicycles expected on the streets by early next year, writes Mark O’Regan. Read article