ROAD USER AND MITIGATION COSTS IN HIGHWAY PAVEMENT PROJECTS

This synthesis report will be of interest to transportation agency planners; design, construction, and maintenance engineers; and administrators, managers, economists, and other decisionmakers involved in programming highway pavement projects. This synthesis describes current practice with regard to road user and mitigation costs in highway pavement projects. Information for the synthesis was collected by surveying U.S. and Canadian transportation agencies and by conducting a literature search of both domestic and foreign publications. This report of the Transportation Research Board provides detailed information on the various methods employed by transportation agencies to estimate user costs. The advantages and disadvantages of each are reported. Information on the various components of user costs (i.e., time related, vehicle operating, safety, and environmental costs) is also included. In addition, the study reports on the various mitigation strategies available to agencies to reduce user costs. Information is also provided on how user costs and mitigation strategies have been applied to evaluate different alternatives; and how uncertainties, political considerations, and quality control contribute to the decision making process.

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• Authors:
  • Lewis, D L
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 53 p.
• Serial:
  • NCHRP Synthesis of Highway Practice
  • Issue Number: 269
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0547-5570

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Cost estimating; Costs; Decision making; Literature reviews; Programming (Planning); Strategic planning; Travelers
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost reduction; Highway user costs; Mitigation
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Design; Finance; Highways; Pavements; Society; I10: Economics and Administration; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00760531
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309068223
• Report/Paper Numbers: Project 20-5 FY 1996, Topic 27-12
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 23 1999 12:00AM