EVALUATING THE ECONOMIC UTILITY OF A ROAD

VALUTAZIONE DELL'UTILITA ECONOMICA DI UNA STRADA 1.21/66

The benefits resulting from the construction or modernization of a road are evaluated in terms of the savings in transport costs and the increased productivity in the area affected by the road. The economic utility of a road is defined by determining: 1, the present and foreseeable traffic, the types of vehicles, and the corresponding savings in transport costs; 2, that part of the general revenue of the area, which is attributable to the road itself; and 3, the residual value that may be credited to the road at the end of the period which constitutes its life. In the procedure described state road no. 29 in the Colle di Cadibona area is used as an example. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Casa Editrice la fiaccola

  Via Carlo Ravizza 62
  Milano,   Italy 
• Authors:
  • Monte, A
  • Bauducco, G
• Publication Date: 1975-10

Language

• Italian

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 975-980
• Serial:
  • Rivista della Strada
  • Volume: 44
  • Issue Number: 411
  • Publisher: Casa Editrice la fiaccola

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Costs; Economics; Highways; Improvements; Productivity; Road construction; Traffic; Traffic forecasting; Transportation
• Geographic Terms: Italy
• ITRD Terms: 224: Cost; 226: Cost benefit analysis; 255: Economics; 2755: Highway; 8051: Italy; 1054: Network (traffic); 755: Traffic
• Subject Areas: Economics; Operations and Traffic Management; Society; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00133771
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 23 1976 12:00AM