PRELIMINARY ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF THE HIGHWAY ELEMENT OF THE TEXAS 2020 CORRIDOR

The 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. It was determined that the facility - in terms of expense versus potential benefits - was cost-effective. A key element is 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:
  • Prepared in cooperation with Texas University at Austin, Center for Transportation Research. Sponsored by Department of Transportation, Washington, DC. University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  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

• Pagination: 110 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Economic conditions; Economic impacts; Heavy duty trucks; High speed ground transportation; Railroad transportation; Tolls
• Old TRIS Terms: Toll operations
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00669204
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: SWUTC-91071247-2
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Nov 30 1994 12:00AM