A FEASIBILITY STUDY OF A SYSTEM FOR MONITORING THE ROAD-USER COST OF URBAN TRAFFIC CONGESTION

THE REPORT DESCRIBES A METHOD OF MEASURING ROAD-USER COST DUE TO CONGESTION UTILIZING A MARBELITE TRAFFIC DATA COMPILER, ROBLEY WINFREY'S PUBLISHED SET OF ROAD- USER COSTS TABLES APPROPRIATE FOR URBAN STOP-AND-GO DRIVING APPLICABLE TO BOTH CARS AND TRUCKS, AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM DEVELOPED BY THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TO PROVIDE SOLUTIONS OF THE ROAD-USER COST OF ANY SPEED-AND-DELAY WAS RECORDED ON A TACHOGRAPH. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Georgia, Experiment

  Georgia Experiment Station
  Experiment, GA  United States 
• Authors:
  • Parsonson, P S
• Publication Date: 1971-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 35 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer programs; Costs; Measurement; Speed and delay studies; Traffic congestion; Travel budgets
• Uncontrolled Terms: Congestion; Road user costs
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00228313
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Tech Memo
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 15 1973 12:00AM