FHWA PROCEDURE FOR ESTIMATING HIGHWAY USER COSTS, FUEL CONSUMPTION, AND AIR POLLUTION: A MICROCOMPUTER APPROACH

A procedure has been developed by FHWA to estimate highway user costs, fuel consumption, and air pollution for traffic engineering projects. Basically, the procedure requires two steps. First the engineer collects field data on various measures of effectiveness such as speed, number of stops, number of speed changes, and number of idling hours. Second the engineer uses a set of figures and tables to look up values from the tables and figures. The FHWA procedure is outlined, the microcomputer program design is discussed, a comparison of the hand computations and computer output for a sample intersection is presented, future revisions to the program are indicated, and the implications of such programs for the evaluation of traffic engineering projects are discussed.

Media Info

  • Media Type: Print
  • Features: Figures; References; Tables;
  • Pagination: pp 1-6
  • Monograph Title: ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF TRANSPORTATION
  • Serial:

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00394976
  • Record Type: Publication
  • ISBN: 0309037190
  • Files: TRIS, TRB
  • Created Date: Nov 30 1985 12:00AM