A FRAMEWORK FOR EVALUATING MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT IN TEXAS. FINAL REPORT

An efficient transportation system requires a coordinated transfer for people and goods moving from one mode to another. In the past, neither the process of planning nor the environment for supporting analysis of the total transportation system has been viewed from a multimodal perspective. Tremendous changes in federal and state policies have created a new contextual environment for transportation. Based on these changes, the private sector is rapidly embracing the advantages of an intermodal transportation system. For the future, a total system, or social, cost analysis of transportation must be pursued to address mobility problems and other state and national priorities. This framework includes all costs associated with transportation. Various studies have demonstrated that inclusion of all system costs in analyzing transportation alternatives will yield transportation operations different from what now exists. This model will assist decision-makers in evaluating alternative transportation policies, particularly if combined with a multi-attribute methodology. While additional work is needed to evaluate marginal costs, this report establishes a point of departure for more efficient analysis of transportation alternatives.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Research study title: Increasing Mobility and Economic Development Through Multimodal Centers.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Texas, Austin

  Center for Transportation Research, 3208 Red River Street
  Austin, TX  United States  78705

  Texas Department of Transportation

  Research and Technology Transfer Office, P.O. Box 5051
  Austin, TX  United States  78763-5051

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Euritt, M A
  • Harrison, R
• Publication Date: 1994-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 286 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Analysis; Costs; Decision making; Externalities; Freight transportation; Governments; Intermodal transportation; Investments; Mobility; Multimodal transportation; Network analysis; Passenger transportation; Private enterprise; Transportation; Transportation planning; Transportation policy
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis
• Old TRIS Terms: Multimodal transportation systems
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00681845
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Preliminary Review Copy, Res Rept 1282-2F, CTR 0-1282-2F
• Contract Numbers: Study 0-1282
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jul 10 1995 12:00AM