Impact of Highway Improvements on Property Values in Washington
Author : Raymond B. Palmquist
Publisher :
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 12,23 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Highway planning
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Author : Raymond B. Palmquist
Publisher :
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 12,23 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Highway planning
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Author :
Publisher :
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 41,14 MB
Release : 1995
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Author : Virginia Council of Highway Investigation and Research
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Page : 128 pages
File Size : 20,79 MB
Release : 1961
Category : Highway research
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Author : Kumares C. Sinha
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 20,71 MB
Release : 2011-09-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1118169662
This pioneering text provides a holistic approach to decisionmaking in transportation project development and programming, whichcan help transportation professionals to optimize their investmentchoices. The authors present a proven set of methodologies forevaluating transportation projects that ensures that all costs andimpacts are taken into consideration. The text's logical organization gets readers started with asolid foundation in basic principles and then progressively buildson that foundation. Topics covered include: Developing performance measures for evaluation, estimatingtravel demand, and costing transportation projects Performing an economic efficiency evaluation that accounts forsuch factors as travel time, safety, and vehicle operatingcosts Evaluating a project's impact on economic development and landuse as well as its impact on society and culture Assessing a project's environmental impact, including airquality, noise, ecology, water resources, and aesthetics Evaluating alternative projects on the basis of multipleperformance criteria Programming transportation investments so that resources can beoptimally allocated to meet facility-specific and system-widegoals Each chapter begins with basic definitions and concepts followedby a methodology for impact assessment. Relevant legislation isdiscussed and available software for performing evaluations ispresented. At the end of each chapter, readers are providedresources for detailed investigation of particular topics. Theseinclude Internet sites and publications of international anddomestic agencies and research institutions. The authors alsoprovide a companion Web site that offers updates, data foranalysis, and case histories of project evaluation and decisionmaking. Given that billions of dollars are spent each year ontransportation systems in the United States alone, and that thereis a need for thorough and rational evaluation and decision makingfor cost-effective system preservation and improvement, this textshould be on the desks of all transportation planners, engineers,and educators. With exercises in every chapter, this text is anideal coursebook for the subject of transportation systems analysisand evaluation.
Author : United States. Bureau of Public Roads
Publisher :
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 22,13 MB
Release : 1967
Category : Highway research
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Author : Jack Tomasik
Publisher :
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 17,26 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Express highways
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Author :
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Page : 208 pages
File Size : 37,2 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Environmental impact statements
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Author : Lynne Judd
Publisher :
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 12,26 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Highway planning
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Author : National Research Council (U.S.). Highway Research Board
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Page : 928 pages
File Size : 49,25 MB
Release : 1957
Category : Highway research
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Author : United States. Federal Highway Administration. Socio-Economic Studies Division
Publisher :
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 31,6 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Clinical psychology
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