AN EXPLORATORY STUDY TO IDENTIFY AND MEASURE THE BENEFITS DERIVED FROM THE SCENIC ENHANCEMENT OF FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN IDENTIFYING AND QUANTIFYING THE BENEFITS AND COSTS THAT RESULT FROM HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION ARE DISCUSSED. NET SOCIAL BENEFITS ACCRUING FROM SCENIC ENHANCEMENT OF HIGHWAYS IN NEW JERSEY ARE DISCUSSED AND IDENTIFIED. THE EFFECTS OF SCENIC ENHANCEMENT ON TRAVEL TIME, ACCIDENTS, ETC. ARE ENUMERATED. IT IS HOPED TO OBTAIN INSIGHT INTO (1) THE SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PLEASURE DRIVING POPULATION, (2) AN ESTIMATE OF THE AMOUNT OF PLEASURE DRIVING OF THE FUTURE POPULATION, AND (3) WHETHER DIFFERENCES IN ACCIDENTS OR TRAVEL TIME CAN BE STATISTICALLY ASCRIBED TO SCENIC ENHANCEMENT.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Paper sponsored by Committee on Indirect Effects of Highway Improvements and presented at the 46th Annual Meeting. 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
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Authors:
- Davidson, Paul
- Publication Date: 1967
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Pagination: pp 18-21
- Monograph Title: Highways and environmental quality
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Serial:
- Highway Research Record
- Issue Number: 182
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Beautification; Benefit cost analysis; Easements; Highway design; Highways; Innovation; Population forecasting; Recreational roads; Scenic easements; Social values; Statistical analysis; Traffic crashes; Travel time
- Old TRIS Terms: Future concepts
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Design; Environment; Highways;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00204701
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Oct 13 1994 12:00AM