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.

• Record URL:
  http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/trr/1984/963/963-001.pdf
• Summary URL:
  http://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=FHWA+PROCEDURE+FOR+ESTIMATING+HIGHWAY+USER+COSTS%2c+FUEL+CONSUMPTION%2c+AND+AIR+POLLUTION%3a+A+MICROCOMPUTER+APPROACH&author=P.+Lima&publication_year=1984
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309037190
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Environmental Analysis in Transportation. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Lima, Peter M
• Conference:
  • 63rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1984-1-16 to 1984-1-20
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1-6
• Monograph Title: ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF TRANSPORTATION
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 963
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Computer programs; Engine idling; Estimating; Evaluation; Fuel consumption; Measures of effectiveness; Microcomputers; Speed; Stopping; Traffic engineering; Traffic speed
• Uncontrolled Terms: Highway user costs; Speed changes
• Old TRIS Terms: Idling
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

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