Measurement of Transit Benefits
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Page : 166 pages
File Size : 10,96 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Local transit
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Author :
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Page : 166 pages
File Size : 10,96 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Local transit
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Author : Edward Beimborn
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Page : 141 pages
File Size : 32,10 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Local transit
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Page : 141 pages
File Size : 40,44 MB
Release : 1993
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Author : Cambridge Systematics
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Page : 56 pages
File Size : 19,2 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Transportation
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Author : David Lewis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 17,20 MB
Release : 2019-05-23
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ISBN : 9781138334816
First published in 1999, this book applies formal economic measures to the passenger and taxpayer benefits of public transit service in the United States under a public choice analytical framework. Approximately 400 local transit budgets have been renewed annually for more than 25 years. These budgets epitomize Braybrooke and Linblom's concept of 'disjointed incrementalism' and Buchanan's concept of 'Public Choice' since local legislators funded transit despite constant academic criticism of transit performance. On the other hand, Braybrooke and Lindblom and Buchanan show that local budgets capture benefits that traditional planning analysis does not grasp. This is borne out in analysis in the book. Indeed, far from draining society, transit returns five dollars in benefits for each one dollar of public subsidy. After explaining the analytical framework in Chapter 1, four chapters are devoted to measuring the value of transit benefits. The concluding chapter draws out the implications of this approach and of benefit measurement for policy and planning. ch and of benefit measurement for policy and planning.
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Page : 192 pages
File Size : 23,80 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Local transit
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The objective of this research was to measure the benefits of rural and small urban transit services in Minnesota. The study accomplished this by first identifying, describing, and classifying the potential benefits of transit. Second, a method was developed for measuring these benefits. Where possible, benefits were quantified in dollar values. Other benefits that could not be monetized were either quantified in another way or described qualitatively. The study included an analysis of societal benefits and economic impacts within local communities. Third, the developed method was applied to a series of six case studies across Greater Minnesota. Data were collected through onboard rider surveys for each of the six transit agencies. Total benefits and benefit-cost ratios were estimated for the six transit agencies—all showed benefits that exceeded costs—and results were generalized to Greater Minnesota. Finally, a spreadsheet tool was developed that can be used by any transit agency to calculate the benefits of its services. This research provides information to assess the benefits of public spending on transit, which gives decision makers the data needed to inform investment decisions.
Author : David L. Greene
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 17,29 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3642590640
Modern transportation systems have far-reaching, and serious consequences: deaths and injuries from accidents, pollution of air, water and groundwater, noise congestion, and the greenhouse effect. As world transport systems expand and become increasingly motorised, the transportation community is searching for systems that are both efficient and sustainable. Here, leading international researchers explore the issues and concepts and define the state of knowledge concerning the full costs and benefits of transportation.
Author : Sue McNeil
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Page : 380 pages
File Size : 49,12 MB
Release : 2008
Category : State transportation agencies
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Although transportation agencies in the U.S. have been developing Asset Management Systems (AMS) for specific types of infrastructure assets, there are several barriers to the implementation of AMS. This paper documents the development of a generic methodology for quantifying the benefits derived from implementation of AMS and justifying investment in AMS implementation. The generic methodology involves three analysis methods: descriptive analysis, regression analysis, and benefit-cost analysis. This paper demonstrates how the methodology can be applied to evaluate the implementation of a pavement management system in terms of efficacy, effectiveness, and efficiency (3Es).
Author : Hanan G. Jacoby
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 49,45 MB
Release : 2008
Category : High transport
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Abstract: Despite large amounts invested in rural roads in developing countries, little is known about their benefits. This paper derives an expression for the willingness-to-pay for a reduction in transport costs from the canonical agricultural household model and uses it to estimate the benefits of a hypothetical road project. Estimation is based on novel cross-sectional data collected in a small region of Madagascar with enormous, yet plausibly exogenous, variation in transport cost. A road that essentially eliminated transport costs in the study area would boost the incomes of the remotest households-those facing transport costs of about USD 75/ton-by nearly half, mostly by raising non-farm earnings. This benefit estimate is contrasted to one based on a hedonic approach.
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Page : 45 pages
File Size : 49,51 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Local transit
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