PLANNING FOR REMOTE AREAS

Where traffic volumes are very low, namely less than 25 vehicles per day, the conventional measurement of benefits is not a good measure of the relative value that accrues to the community from road upgrading. The technique described in this paper ascribes the priority for upgrading different road sections within a region in terms of weighted proxy values for identified principle road uses. For example, population serves as a proxy for the fulfilment of the social needs of residents served by a given road section. Essentially subjective judgements about the relative importance of various road uses are applied in a consistent and objective manner to rank roads for funding within a specified budget. (Author/TRRL)

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the 21st Australian Road Research Boards Regional Syposium, Darwin, North Territory, Australia, 1984.
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• Authors:
  • Rufford, P G
  • Gordon, I D
  • Standingford, J R
  • Grattan, K W
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 23-32
• Serial:
  • Australian Road Research
  • Publisher: ARRB
  • ISSN: 0005-0164

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Finance; Financing; Highways; Improvements; Low volume roads; Methodology; Modernization; Networks; Population; Regional planning; Roads; Rural areas; Statistical ranking; Strategic planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks; Use
• Old TRIS Terms: Ranking
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 244: Financing; 2755: Highway; 9108: Improvement; 9102: Method; 141: Priority (gen); 359: Regional planning; 328: Rural area; 9084: Use
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Economics; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00389180
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 0-86910-157-9
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 29 1985 12:00AM