ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF HIGHWAY PROJECTS

The contents of the book are presented in 13 chapters. The first chapter, Basics of Project Planning, covers the following: transport planning and national goals; project features; project analysis; questions evaluation; social surplus; and sequential procedure. Chapter II on Investment Efficiency, covers the element of time in evaluation; and investment efficiency indicators. Chapter III on Assessment and Evaluation of Costs, covers the transport cost system; the assessment of project cost; and the evaluation of costs. Chapter IV (Project Benefits from Reduced Vehicle Operating Costs) covers project benefits; and reductions in operating costs. Chapter V (Optimal Timing of Investments) covers altenative timing as project variants; optimal starting year; and stage construction. Chapter VI (Sensitivity and Risk Analysis) covers the problem of uncertainty; sensitivity analysis; and risk analysis. Chapter VII (Time Savings and Accident Reduction) covers time savings; and accident reduction. Chapter VIII (Surplus Effects Outside the Transport Sector) covers the value added approach; and integrating distributional aspects into surplus analysis. Chapter IX (Non Surplus Effects) covers economic considerations other than the social surplus; environmental effects; and further criteria. Chapter X (Multi Criteria Analysis) covers groups of criteria with different units of measure; matrix presentation; relative weighting; and TEM guidelines for the aesthetic and environmental impact assessment. Chapter XI (Traffic Forecasts) covers traffic forecasting and project analysis; traffic analysis; and forecasting methods. Chapter XII (Regulatory Policies) covers the relevance of regulatory policies to project analysis; pricing policies; and access control. Chapter XIII (Sector Considerations) covers modal considerations; and intermodal considerations.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Trans-European North-South Motorway Project (TEM)
• Corporate Authors:

  United Nations

  United Nations Plaza
  New York, NY  United States  10017

  Economic Commission for Europe

  United Nations, Palais des Nations
  CH-1211 Geneve 10,   Switzerland 
• Publication Date: 1985-12-3

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 176 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Access control (Transportation); Aesthetics; Benefits; Construction management; Costs; Economic conditions; Economic impacts; Environmental impacts; Highway planning; Intermodal transportation; Investments; Mode S; Motor vehicles; Operating costs; Optimization; Policy; Pricing; Regulations; Safety; Sensitivity analysis; Socioeconomic factors; Traffic forecasting; Traffic safety; Transportation planning; Uncertainty
• Uncontrolled Terms: Access control; Stage construction
• Subject Areas: Construction; Economics; Environment; Finance; Highways; Law; Policy; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00457755
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: TEM/CO/TEC/4
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1986 12:00AM