PRELIMINARY ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF THE HIGHWAY ELEMENT OF THE TEXAS 2020 CORRIDOR. INTERIM REPORT

This report investigates the costs involved in the highway element of the proposed Texas 2020, a high-speed transportation facility that will link the Texas Triangle cities of Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. In specifically weighing each of the costs and benefits implicit in such a project, the report concludes that construction of the highway toll facility, from an economic standpoint, is feasible. Such a conclusion is supported by those findings in Chapter 6, where it was determined that the facility--in terms of expense versus potential benefits--was cost-effective. A key element is certainly the overwhelming traffic demand that is estimated to grow over the next 40 years within the Texas Triangle. In other findings, the report found that the cost of the highway element is comparable to that of the proposed high-speed rail system, and that heavy-truck traffic will provide an important source of income for the project.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Research study title: The Technical, Engineering, and Economic Feasibility of a High-Speed Ground Corridor.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Texas, Austin

  Center for Transportation Research, 3208 Red River Street
  Austin, TX  United States  78705

  Southwest Region University Transportation Center

  Texas A&M University
  3135 TAMU
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3135
• Authors:
  • Gonzalez-Ayala, S
  • McCullough, B F
  • Harrison, R
• Publication Date: 1993-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 110 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefits; Cost effectiveness; Costs; Economic conditions; Economic impacts; Feasibility analysis; Highway planning; Toll roads; Transportation corridors; Travel demand; Trucks; Urban growth
• Geographic Terms: Texas Triangle megaregion
• Old TRIS Terms: Urban corridors
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Motor Carriers; Society; Terminals and Facilities; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00643586
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: SWUTC/91/71247-2
• Contract Numbers: DTOS88-G-0006
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 16 1994 12:00AM