Research Article
Nov 1976
Highway User Benefit/Cost Analysis in California
Publication: Transportation Engineering Journal of ASCE
Volume 102, Issue 4
Abstract
Recent and timely emphasis on environmental impact and on community involvement in the highway planning process does not eliminate User Benefit/Cost Analysis as a necessary part of the process. The California Department of Transportation has employed user benefit/cost measures for many years. The procedure used today is based on experience and research. It is a compromise between economic rigor and operational simplicity. The current procedure is developed as a computerized User Benefit/Cost Model that provides on-line update capability for all data. The model receives projected traffic demand, existing and proposed highway geometry, and initial project cost as inputs. Separate user benefit/cost indices for safety and delay benefits are calculated. Estimated future benefits and costs (in today's dollars) are inflated, then discounted to their present worth, using appropriate compound interest relationships.
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Transportation Engineering Journal of ASCE
Volume 102 • Issue 4 • November 1976
Pages: 605 - 615
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© 1976 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Nov 1976
Published online: Feb 5, 2021
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Heinz Heckeroth, M.ASCE
Asst. Dir. for Highways, California Dept. of Transportation, Sacramento, Calif.
Charles E. Paulsen, M.ASCE
Sr. Transportation Engr., Div. of Highways, California Dept.of Transportation, Sacramento, Calif.
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