ROAD USER COST STUDY IN INDIA

The total transportation cost is composed of the cost of construction of the facility, the cost of maintaining it and the cost borne by the road users who use the facility. The road user cost is composed of the cost of operation of vehicles, the cost of road accidents and the value of time of road users. The paper describes a research study recently completed by the Central Road Research Institute on the road user cost. The relationships between the components of the road user cost and road, traffic and vehicle factors were developed on the basis of large-scale data collection. The use of latest instruments rendered the work easier. The work also covered research on speed-flow relationships under Indian conditions. The results of the study show how, by improving roads, savings in road user cost can be made. The results are likely to find wide application by highway engineers and planners. (TRRL)

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  Indian Roads Congress

  Jamnagar House, Shahjahan Road
  New Delhi,   India  110 011
• Authors:
  • SWAMINATHAN, C G
  • KADIYALI, L R
• Publication Date: 1983-11

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 191-289
• Serial:
  • Journal of the Indian Roads Congress
  • Volume: 44
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Indian Roads Congress
  • ISSN: 0258-0500

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Crashes; Data collection; Economic factors; Economics; Fuel consumption; Highways; Improvements; Motor vehicles; Operating costs; Time; Traffic flow; Traffic speed; Transportation; Travel; Travel budgets; Travelers; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Accident costs; Road user costs
• Geographic Terms: India
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 224: Cost; 8623: Data acquisition; 263: Economics of transport; 232: Fuel consumption; 8045: India; 698: Journey; 221: Operating costs; 1755: Road user; 5414: Time; 1255: Vehicle
• Subject Areas: Economics; Safety and Human Factors; Society; Transportation (General); Vehicles and Equipment; I10: Economics and Administration; I96: Vehicle Operating Costs;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00387216
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 30 1984 12:00AM