Cost allocation procedures for decision making in highway financing /
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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1985.
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Abstract: | The highway cost allocation problem is one of determining equitable charges for each of the vehicle classes sharing transportation facilities such as highways and bridges. Previous attempts at solving this problem can essentially be reduced to two major approaches: (a) proportional allocation methods, which determine costs in proportion to one or more measures of highway usage; and (b) incremental methods, which allocate costs on the basis of highway design differences necessary to accommodate gradually heavier vehicle classes. This dissertation develops two new highway cost allocation methodologies that actually extend the basic concepts of the incremental and proportional allocation procedures. The new methods are referred to as the "Modified Incremental Approach" and the "Generalized Method". Both methods fulfill the following conditions: (a) highway costs are completely financed by users (completeness condition); (b) vehicle classes reduce their cost responsibilities by sharing the facilities with other vehicle classes (rationality principle); and (c) vehicle classes are charged at least enough to cover their corresponding marginal costs (marginality principle). An example using Texas pavement data is utilized to illustrate the application of the proposed methods and to perform a comparison with currently used approaches. An extension of the methodology that allows for the analysis of a large number of vehicle classes is sketched and illustrated. |
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| Item Description: | Typescript (photocopy). Vita. "Major subject: Industrial Engineering." |
| Physical Description: | xii, 217 leaves : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 98-100). |