SOME HIGHWAY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS EXPERIENCES WITH THE 1985 HIGHWAY CAPACITY MANUAL. 1986 ANNUAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS VOLUME 2

This study uses statistics from Alberta transportation as the data base and compares cost-volume curves obtained from the 1965 and 1985 highway capacity manuals produced by the United States Transportation Research Board. The main conclusion of the investigation is that the application of the 1985 manual's data and capacity analysis procedures, when employed with the traditional values of other variables, produces cost-volume relationships that might appear unacceptable from both the highway agencies' and the road users' perspective. The paper suggests that, in order to reflect the cost of deterioration in service with increasing traffic volume on two-lane roads, a cost of comfort and convenience should be computed and added to the other components of the user cost. (Author/TRRL)

Corporate Authors:
University of British Columbia, Vancouver

Centre for Transportation Studies
Vancouver, British Columbia Canada V6T 1W5

Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)

401-1111 Prince of Wales Drive
Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Authors:
- Sharma, S C
- Lingras, P J
- Werner, A
Publication Date: 1986

Media Info

Features: Figures; References; Tables;
Pagination: p. 81-102
Serial:
- Publication of: British Columbia University, Canada
- Publisher: University of British Columbia, Vancouver

Subject/Index Terms

TRT Terms: Economic analysis; Highway capacity; Traffic volume; Two lane highways
Candidate Terms: Highway economics
Uncontrolled Terms: Highway user costs
ITRD Terms: 643: Capacity (road, footway); 9138: Comfort; 8525: Conference; 224: Cost; 2855: Highway design; 653: Level of service; 1755: Road user; 187: Specification (standard)
Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Society;

Filing Info

Accession Number: 00478564
Record Type: Publication
Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
Files: ITRD, TRIS
Created Date: Jan 31 1989 12:00AM