EVALUATION METHODS FOR RAIL TRANSIT PROJECTS

The demand for rail transit funds greatly exceeds available monies. Worse, there is widespread disagreement over the wisdom of building rail systems in American cities. The Urban Mass Transportation Administration's (UMTA's) transit analysis methods have relied on cost-effectiveness measures with little attention devoted to the analysis of economic efficiency. We survey the literature on transportation evaluation and propose a model method based on economic theory and on practice in other federal agencies. We review UMTA's past methods and recommend changes.

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  http://www.uctc.net/papers/418.pdf
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  Pergamon Press, Incorporated

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• Authors:
  • Johnston, R A
  • DeLuchi, M A
• Publication Date: 1989-7

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 317-325
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
  • Volume: 23A
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0965-8564
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09658564

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Economic conditions; Economic efficiency; Economic impacts; Light rail transit; Rapid transit
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00486543
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1989 12:00AM