ASSESSMENT OF DISRUPTIVE EFFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH URBAN TRANSPORTATION TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION. FINAL REPORT

Social, economic, and environmental impacts resulting from tunnels' being constructed for mass transportation purposes in urban areas are identified. A matrix is constructed identifying the locus of costs to affected groups by four kinds of causal agents: traffic interference, property takings, environmental disturbances, and utility disruptions. A separate matrix must be constructed for social, economic, and environmental costs. The cells of the matrix must be further expanded in order to pinpoint actual costs: variables must be identified for each affected group and each causal agent and measures for the variables determined. The measurement and aggregation of impacts are discussed. Four possible ways of lessening impacts are mentioned.

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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/8800
• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also RRIS 00A 058470.
• Corporate Authors:

  ABT Associates, Incorporated

  55 Wheeler Street
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02138

  Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway, Kendall Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Wolff, P C
  • Scholnick, P H
• Publication Date: 1976-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 200 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Cities; Cities and towns; Construction; Costs; Economic impacts; Eminent domain; Environmental impacts; Excavation and tunneling; Forecasting; Interference; Matrices (Mathematics); Planning; Public transit; Public utilities; Social factors; Social impacts; Socioeconomic factors; Subways; Traffic; Traffic congestion; Transportation planning; Tunneling; Urban areas; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis; Utilities
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom; Washington (District of Columbia)
• Old TRIS Terms: Disturbances; Subway construction; Traffic interference; Tunnel excavation
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Economics; Environment; Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00143228
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: AAI-76-27, DOT-TSC-UMTA-76-12
• Contract Numbers: DOT-TSC-1018
• Files: NTIS, NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 26 1981 12:00AM