A QUICK-RESPONSE TECHNIQUE FOR IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS

To help master the complexity involved in evaluating highway improvement projects, this study was intended to develop a procedural framework for identifying a general set of significant impact measures and to further suggest a quick-response technique for assessing potential impacts of project alternatives. The impact identification procedure is in three stages: search, screening, and consolidation. The project impacts are assessed by consideration of the scope, level, and number of potential impacts and are rated on a numerical scale employing a linear utility function. Although many highway impact evaluation methods have been developed in the past, this study has suggested a quick and inexpensive tool for preliminary project evaluation that requires little detailed data and reasonable staff time yet should provide adequate estimates of whether further planning and development of a project or projects are worthwhile.

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• Authors:
  • Yu, Jason C
  • Pang, Leslie M G
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 66-72
• Monograph Title: Evaluation Methods and Design and Operational Effects of Geometrics
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1026
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data analysis; Highways; Impact studies; Improvements; Mathematical analysis; Methodology; Ratings
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00457195
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309039169
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-039 600
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 31 1990 12:00AM