Guide for Conducting Benefit-cost Analyses of Multimodal, Multijurisdictional Freight Corridor Investments
Guide for Conducting Benefit-cost Analyses of Multimodal, Multijurisdictional Freight Corridor Investments

Author: Sharada Rallabhandi Vadali

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 9780309446259

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"TRB's National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP) Research Report 38: Guide for Conducting Benefit-Cost Analyses of Multimodal, Multijurisdictional Freight Corridor Investments explores how to conduct benefit-cost analyses (BCAs). A BCA is an analytical framework used to evaluate public investment decisions including transportation investments. BCA is defined as a collection of methods and rules for assessing the social costs and benefits of alternative public policies. It promotes efficiency by identifying the set of feasible projects that would yield the largest positive net benefits to society." --

Economic Analysis Primer
Economic Analysis Primer

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13:

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This primer provides a foundation for understanding the role of economic analysis in highway decision making. It is oriented toward state and local officials who have responsibility for assuring that limited resources get targeted to their best uses and who must publicly account for their decisions. Economic analysis is presented as an integral component of a comprehensive infrastructure management methodology that takes a long-term view of infrastructure performance and cost. The primer encompasses a full range of economic issues, including economic fundamentals, life-cycle cost analysis, benefit-cost analysis, forecasting traffic for benefit calculations, risk analysis and economic impact analysis.

Acoustic Beamforming
Acoustic Beamforming

Author: Yuriy A. Gurovich

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 89

ISBN-13: 030911800X

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At head of title: National Cooperative Highway Research Program.

Traffic Forecasting Accuracy Assessment Research
Traffic Forecasting Accuracy Assessment Research

Author: Gregory D. Erhardt

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780309481434

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Accurate traffic forecasts for highway planning and design help ensure that public dollars are spent wisely. Forecasts inform discussions about whether, when, how, and where to invest public resources to manage traffic flow, widen and remodel existing facilities, and where to locate, align, and how to size new ones. The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Report 934: Traffic Forecasting Accuracy Assessment Research seeks to develop a process and methods by which to analyze and improve the accuracy, reliability, and utility of project-level traffic forecasts. The report also includes tools for engineers and planners who are involved in generating traffic forecasts, including: Quantile Regression Models, a Traffic Accuracy Assessment, a Forecast Archive Annotated Outline, a Deep Dive Annotated Outline, and Deep Dive Assessment Tables.

Separation of Vehicles
Separation of Vehicles

Author: Cambridge Systematics

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 0309154758

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NCHRP Report 649/NCFRP Report 3: Separation of Vehicles - CMV-Only Lanes presents an extensive compendium of information about CMV-only lanes and examines major issues and concepts that should be understood in developing new applications of CMV-only lane concepts as a potential method for both easing congestion and reducing the number of traffic accidents on highways. Appendices to this report, including an annotated literature review, performance evaluation criteria, benefits monetization factors and unit costs, and net present value calculations for benefit-cost analysis, are available on the TRB website. This report and the supplemental information can be used by public agencies that may be considering CMV-only lane concepts in corridor studies or other planning applications. The report provides data such agencies can use to support their own evaluations of CMV-only lane projects.

Eco2 Cities
Eco2 Cities

Author: Hiroaki Suzuki

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2010-05-07

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 082138144X

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This book is a point of departure for cities that would like to reap the many benefits of ecological and economic sustainability. It provides an analytical and operational framework that offers strategic guidance to cities on sustainable and integrated urban development.

Forecasting Statewide Freight Toolkit
Forecasting Statewide Freight Toolkit

Author: Cambridge Systematics

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 0309099242

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Federal planning legislation and regulations now mandate that state departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations consider the needs of freight when planning and programming transportation investments. While there are standard techniques used to forecast the movement of people, less attention has been paid to forecasting freight movements, and there are consequently fewer standardized techniques that state and local agencies can adapt to their local situation. This Toolkit is designed to provide transportation planners with the information they need to prepare forecasts of freight transportation by highlighting techniques successfully developed by state agencies across the country.

Performance Based Planning and Programming Guidebook
Performance Based Planning and Programming Guidebook

Author: Michael Michael Grant

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2015-06-06

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 9781514238356

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ICF International and the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and Federal Transit Administration (FTA), along with experts from the transportation industry, collaborated to produce the Performance-Based Planning and Programming Guidebook. Over the past two decades, transportation agencies have increasingly applied performance management-a strategic approach that uses performance data to support decisions to help achieve desired performance outcomes. Performance-based planning and programming (PBPP) refers to the application of performance management within planning and programming processes of transportation agencies to achieve desired performance outcomes for the multimodal transportation system. This guidebook describes the PBPP process and provides examples of effective practices to help practitioners advance these approaches in their own planning and programming activities.