How Transportation Agencies Assess the Value of Added Capacity Highway Projects Versus Other Modal Projects and Strategies

This synthesis investigates the extent to which state departments of transportation (DOTs) and metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) compare different types of transportation improvement strategies and, in cases in which these agencies do undertake such evaluations, explores the reasons for conducting this analysis and the concomitant methods and policies. The synthesis identifies the current state of assessment of added highway capacity projects versus how the value of different types of transportation projects are calculated to determine the best use of public funds to increase mode choices, reduce congestion, improve travel times, improve safety, and efficiently move freight. This study was developed by (1) conducting a literature review; (2) distributing a survey to state DOTs, transportation management areas, and voting members of the AASHTO Standing Committee on Planning; (3) conducting interviews; and (4) developing four case examples representing different mode types and geographic regions. This information will help to quantify the full spectrum of benefits, costs, and economic impacts of transportation improvement strategies.

Language

  • English

Media Info

  • Media Type: Digital/other
  • Features: Glossary; References;
  • Pagination: 70p
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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 01680750
  • Record Type: Publication
  • ISBN: 9780309390477
  • Report/Paper Numbers: Project 20-05, Topic 48-15
  • Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
  • Created Date: Sep 18 2018 9:20AM