PROCEDURE FOR PREDICTING AND ESTIMATING THE IMPACT OF RAIL LINE ABANDONMENTS ON WASHINGTON ROADS. FINAL REPORT

This summary report describes four case studies of rail line abandonment in Washington. These case studies were used to test a conceptual approach to predicting the location and magnitude of road damage caused by rail line abandonment. The procedure developed in the study worked well, especially as modified in the report to include District personnel in the analysis of potential road impacts. Proactive use of this procedure is dependent on continual monitoring of potential rail line abandonment candidates. Similar procedures should be developed to predict impacts on energy, environment, safety, and economic development.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/research/reports/fullreports/206.1.pdf
• 
• Corporate Authors:

  Washington State University, Pullman

  Department of Agricultural Economics
  Pullman, WA  United States  99164-6210

  Washington State Department of Transportation

  Transportation Building, 310 Maple Park Avenue SE, P.O. Box 47300
  Olympia, WA  United States  98504-7300

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Federal Railroad Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Casavant, K L
  • Lenzi, J C
• Publication Date: 1989-11

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 49 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Abandonment; Case studies; Defects; Estimating; Forecasting; Highways; Impacts; Railroads
• Uncontrolled Terms: Highway damage
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00494579
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: WA-RD 206.1
• Contract Numbers: Y-3400, Task 15
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: May 31 1990 12:00AM