ROAD USER COST STUDY IN INDIA - OBJECTIVES AND METHODOLOGY

This paper reports on a road user cost study being carried out in India at an estimated cost of rs60 lakhs out of which the World Bank will be contributing about rs20 lakhs. The major components of the study, which is scheduled for completion by May, 1981, are described as (1) road user cost survey, which seeks to develop the relationships between the cost component of vehicle operation in relation to road characteristics, based upon data obtained from a large number of vehicles, (2) traffic experiments which include determination of free-speed as governed by roadway characteristics; determination of speed-flow relationships for different road types; and determination of accurate fuel consumption data on different vehicles under different road conditions, and (3) special studies including the determination of the accident rate and accident cost under different roadway characteristics, the determination of the rate of depreciation of vehicles and the value of time saved by road users and vehicles. Reference is made to earlier studies in India and abroad, the objectives of the study are described, and details provided on the research methodology associated with each section of the study. /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Indian Roads Congress

  Jamnagar House, Shahjahan Road
  New Delhi,   India  110 011
• Authors:
  • KADIYALI, L R
• Publication Date: 1979-1

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 45-52
• Serial:
  • Indian Highways
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Indian Roads Congress
  • ISSN: 0376-7256

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Crash rates; Crashes; Data collection; Depreciation; Fuel consumption; Highways; Layout; Motor vehicles; Operating costs; Present value; Research; Speed; Surveys; Terrain; Traffic flow; Travel budgets; Travel time; Travelers; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Accident costs; Free speed; Road user costs; Value
• Geographic Terms: India
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 224: Cost; 232: Fuel consumption; 2755: Highway; 8045: India; 2885: Layout; 1755: Road user; 5408: Speed; 4035: Terrain; 671: Traffic flow; 1255: Vehicle
• Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Society; Vehicles and Equipment; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00302569
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 30 1980 12:00AM