Handbook with estimates of external costs in the transport sector - February 2008
The European Commission released a handbook with estimates of external costs in the transport sector [3 MB] . The handbook, jointly prepared by several transport research institutes, summarises the state of the art as regards the valuation of external costs. The Commission intends has make use of this handbook to prepare a communication on a strategy to internalise the external costs for all modes of transport that was adopted in July 2008 and a proposal to revise the directive on the charging of heavy goods vehicles.