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Nov 1972
Local Rural Road Costs and Economies of Scale
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Volume 98, Issue 4
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Because of the growing concern over the operational efficiency of local rural road administrative units, a representative sample of 147 township road units in the State of Illinois was analyzed to establish the presence of any economies of scale. A factor analysis of 48 cost-related variables provided a fundamental understanding of those elements which influence local road costs. By means of statistical modeling techniques, it was shown that annual costs per mile are directly related to the level of land access provided by the local road network, and inversely related to the total road mileage administered. The potential economies of scale which can be achieved by consolidating local rural road units was then illustrated for a hypothetical situation.
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Transportation Engineering Journal of ASCE
Volume 98 • Issue 4 • November 1972
Pages: 881 - 890
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© 1972 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Nov 1972
Published online: Feb 5, 2021
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William D. Berg, AM.ASCE
Asst. Prof. of Civ. and Environmental Engrg., The Univ. of Wise., Madison, Wise
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