INCORPORATING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS IN THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM EVALUATION PROCESS

AN INCREASED SOCIAL AWARENESS AND CONCERN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT HAVE ADDED TO THE COMPLEXITY OF TRANSPORTATION DECISION-MAKING. THIS PAPER ATTEMPTS TO SYNTHEXIZE AND ASSESS CURRENT SYSTEM EVALUATION TECHNIQUES THAT ARE POTENTIALLY SUITABLE FOR TREATING SOCIOECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND POLITICAL IMPACTS FROM THE LOCATION AND DESIGN OF TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES. THE RELATIVE MERITS OF SEVERAL NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES ARE PRESENTED THROUGH EXAMPLES. THE ARRANGEMENT AND COMPARISONS DEVELOPED ARE ULTIMATELY GENERALIZED INTO A COST-EFFECTIVENESS FRAMEWORK, AND DIALOGUE WITH THE OPERATIONAL PLANNER IS FURTHERED THROUGH A GENERAL DISCUSSION OF THE DECISION-MAKING AND MODEL CHOICE PROBLEM AND AN OVERVIEW OF CURRENT THEORETICAL RESEARCH EFFORTS IN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS EVALUATION.

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  • Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Social, Economic, and Environmental Factors of Transportation. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Carter, Everett C
  • Hall, J W
  • Haefner, L E
• Conference:
  • 52nd Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1973-1-22 to 1973-1-26
• Publication Date: 1973

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1-13
• Monograph Title: Transportation systems planning and resource allocation
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 467
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost effectiveness; Decision making; Environmental impacts; Evaluation; Mathematical models; Numerical analysis; Politics; Research; Socioeconomic factors; Systems analysis; Transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Old TRIS Terms: Transportation system analysis
• Subject Areas: Economics; Research; Society; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00202415
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309022517
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: May 15 1974 12:00AM