USE-RELATED VEHICLE DEPRECIATION

An objective procedure to determine the depreciation component of vehicle operating costs requires the identification of the time- and use-related parts of depreciation. This division can be obtained from an analysis of vehicle survivor curves. Truck survey data on vehicle use by age are used to create are based on an analysis of 86,615 vehicles and used to produce a procedure to differentiate between time and use. Vehicle depreciation due to use is shown to be based on predicting a vehicle's maximum potential life mileage, which provides the basis for determining the depreciation component of vehicle operating costs. This use-related depreciation is a function of road surface conditions based on relationships developed in the Brazil highway costs study. (Author)

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• Authors:
  • Butler Jr, Bertell C
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1-9
• Monograph Title: ANALYTIC METHODS AND DECISION MAKING FOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 955
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Depreciation; Motor vehicles; Operating costs; Pavement surface course; Service life; Time; Trucks; Utilization
• Uncontrolled Terms: Mileage
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Design; Finance; Highways; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; Research; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00391006
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Dec 30 1984 12:00AM