ECONOMICS OF TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS: AN EMPIRICAL EVALUATION

THIS STUDY, A CONTINUATION OF WORK THAT FOCUSED INITIALLY ON CREATING AN ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK WITHIN WHICH TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS MIGHT BE EVALUATED, COMPARES TANGIBLE BENEFITS AND COSTS ON THE BASIS OF EMPIRICAL RESULTS FROM THE GREATER VANCOUVER AREA OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, WHICH HAS A POPULATION OF APPROXIMATELY 1.1 MILLION PEOPLE. THREE AREAS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH AND APPLICATION ARE NOTED AND DISCUSSED. FINALLY, SEVERAL TENTATIVE CONCLUSIONS ARE DRAWN AND DISCUSSED ALONG WITH THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR DECISION-MAKING AND POLICY. /AUTHOR/

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Authors:
- Goldberg, Michael A
- Heaver, Trevor D
Publication Date: 1971

Media Info

Media Type: Digital/other
Features: Figures; References;
Pagination: pp 130-138
Monograph Title: Social, Economic, and Environmental Factors of Transportation
Serial:
- Highway Research Record
- Issue Number: 356
- Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

TRT Terms: Corridors; Costs; Land use; Land use planning; Multiple use; Property acquisition; Right of way (Land); Transportation; Urban areas; Width
Old TRIS Terms: Advance acquisition
Subject Areas: Economics; Society; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

Accession Number: 00202021
Record Type: Publication
ISBN: 0309019692
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Mar 7 1972 12:00AM