COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF TRANSIT VERSUS HIGHWAYS

The provision of comprehensive current cost information concerning the capital, operation and maintenance of highways versus transit in urban areas is a difficult task. This paper compares the government costs of new highways in relationship to the development of a rapid rail transit system along a heavily congested urban corridor in Florida. The study corridor is the Tri-County Commuter Rail (TCCR) system which services Broward, Dade and Palm Beach Counties. The rehabiliation of the 67-mile long TCCR has been completed at a cost of $66 million. In considering the right-of-way costs, the transit alternative is more cost-effective than a highway since a transit system requires substantially less right-of-way width than a six-lane highway. This is particularly applicable in the TCCR region where land is less available for development and right-of-way costs are extremely high. Other highway cost factors considered are law enforcement, liability, etc. Urban Mass Transportation Administration Cost-Effectiveness indices were analyzed and modified further for the inclusion of relevant infrastructure costs in selecting alternative systems.

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• Authors:
  • Najafi, F T
• Publication Date: 1990

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 352-359
• Serial:
  • Journal of the Transportation Research Forum
  • Volume: 30
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Forum
  • ISSN: 1046-1469
  • Serial URL: https://trforum.org/journal-of-the-trf/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Cost effectiveness; Costs; Highways; Infrastructure; Rapid transit; Right of way (Land); Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: Florida
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00496517
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1990 12:00AM