[sustran] Re: Transportation Expenditure

[Sudhir]

Dear All,

Thanks a lot.

we hope to collect some Asian cities and put it in our website by this month
end.

Impact of Raising fuel prices makes this study important...

We would also concentrate on lower middle class and poor section of society
as they they feel the maximum pinch.

Regards
Sudhir




On 09/07/2008, Todd Alexander Litman <litman at vtpi.org> wrote:
>
>
> We've done some research on these issues using North American data,
> published in our report "Transportation
> Affordability"   (http://www.vtpi.org/affordability.pdf ). The
> results show that in the U.S. in 2005, overall about 18% of household
> budgets were devoted to transportation, making it second to housing
> and larger than food - in fact the actual number is probably about
> 20% if vehicle garages are categorized as a transportation cost
> rather than a housing cost - and the budget share devoted to
> transport has probably increased during the last three years due to
> rising fuel prices.
>
> Household transportation expenditures increase with rates of
> automobile ownership and use. The portion of household budgets
> devoted to transportation increases for households located in
> automobile-dependent locations. The lowest income quintile devotes a
> relatively small portion of budgets to transportation overall,
> because so many do not own an automobile, but low-income households
> that do own a vehicle spend a relatively large portion of
> expenditures to transportation. This indicates the value to low
> income households of having good travel options that reduce their
> need to own motor vehicles. This is increasingly important with
> rising fuel prices.
>
> My paper discusses a number of specific transportation and land use
> policies that can help reduce the financial burden of transportation
> to consumers, particularly those with lower incomes as automobile
> dependency increases.
>
> Please let me know if you have any questions or comments about this
> analysis, or if you have any comparable data from other countries
> that we could incorporate into our study.
>
>
> Best wishes,
> -Todd Litman
>
>
> At 04:33 PM 7/8/2008, sudhir gota wrote:
> > >
> > > Dear all,
> >
> >
> >
> >Taking the discussion little bit away into the "Transportation
> Expenditure"
> >and "fuel costs" - many would be surprised to know
> >that
> >
> >
> >    1. An Average American Consumer pays more for Transportation and less
> for
> >    Food !! ( "means" more important than "ends" ??)
> >    2. Singapore is showing reduction in Family Transportation Expenditure
> (
> >    its 2003 values are less than 1993 values ??)
> >
> >we in CAI Asia are looking in detail in these aspects and hopefully 2008
> >survey in Singapore would show more results. Insights and available
> research
> >and surveys would be helpful :-)
> >
> >Regards
> >Sudhir
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >--
> >Sudhir Gota
> >Transport Specialist
> >CAI-Asia Center
> >Unit 3510, 35th Floor, Robinsons-Equitable Tower,
> >ADB Avenue, Ortigas Center, Pasig City
> >Metro Manila, Philippines 1605
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-- 
Sudhir Gota
Transport Specialist
CAI-Asia Center
Unit 3510, 35th Floor, Robinsons-Equitable Tower,
ADB Avenue, Ortigas Center, Pasig City
Metro Manila, Philippines 1605
Tel: +63-2-395-2843
Fax: +63-2-395-2846
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia
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