AN ECONOMY STUDY OF THE SAN ANTONIO ROAD CROSSINGS OF ALMA STREET AND THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA

THE IMPROVEMENT OF A CONGESTED INTERSECTION ADJACENT TO MAIN LINE RAILROAD TRACKS WAS CONSIDERED. IN ACTUALITY, AN OVERPASS WITH INTERCHANGE FACILITIES HAD BEEN COMPLETED AT THE SIDE, SO THAT THIS WAS AN "AFTER THE FACT" EXAMINATION OF THE DECISION. A COMPARISON WAS MADE OF THE RESULTS OF ANALYSIS MADE BEFORE CONSTRUCTION WAS BEGUN AND AFTER THE COMPLETED PROJECT HAD BEEN IN USE. COUNTS TAKEN AFTER COMPLETION WERE THE BASIS FOR THE PRINCIPAL ANALYSIS. THE REPORT WAS COMPRISED OF THE SITUATION, METHOD USED FOR ECONOMY STUDY, DATA ASSUMPTIONS USED FOR THE STUDY, ANNUAL COST CALCULATIONS, RATE OF RETURN CALCULATIONS, AND COMMENTS AND CONCLUSIONS.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept Eep-8, PP 75-110, FIGS, TABS, 12 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Stanford University

  Stanford, CA  United States  94305
• Authors:
  • Tirrell, S E
• Publication Date: 1964-3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Calculation; Costs; Economic analysis; Highways; Improvements; Intersections; Overpasses; Railroad grade crossings; Rate of return; Traffic congestion; Traffic counting
• Uncontrolled Terms: Computation
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Railroads; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00201134
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 28 1970 12:00AM