Cost-effectiveness of freeway median high occupancy vehicle (HOV) facility conversion to rail guideway transit /

and two benefit categories (travel time and externality

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Best, Matthew Evans
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1996.
Subjects:
Online Access:Link to OAKTrust copy
Description
Summary:and two benefit categories (travel time and externality
been envisioned by some as reserved space for future rail
benefits). This fullcost model was adopted to conditions on
case study example is not cost-effective. It was
components. Also recommended was further consideration of
concluded that conversion to rail guideway transit in the
conditions must utilize guideway transit for conversion to be
contained two cost categories (capital and operating costs)
conversions.
cost model components to allow more certain estimates of cost
cost-effective. It was also found that the model is
costs (administrative, planning, and design costs) and the
determine the cost effectiveness of converting an HOV lane
effectiveness of converting a freeway median HOV lane into a
guideway transit line. A full-cost model was developed to
guideway transit. This thesis examines the cost-
into a rail transit line. The measure of cost-effectiveness
Many freeways in the United States contain median high
occupancy vehicle (HOV) facilities. These facilities have
operating cost of the rail transit system. The model is also
person-miles of travel on the Katy Freeway under given
reconunended that further investigation be taken into full-
sensitive to assumptions of the value of time, project soft
sensitive to assumptions regarding latent demand. It was
study for this thesis. It was found that 29 percent of the
the effects of latent demand on HOV to rail guideway transit
the Katy Freeway in Houston Texas which served as a case
used was the benefit-to-cost ratio. The full-cost model
Item Description:"Major subject: Civil Engineering".
Vita.
Physical Description:xi, 83 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Also available online.
Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references: pages 71-73.