The economic impacts of highway widening projects /
1) further research needed to look at areas outside of the
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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1997.
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | 1) further research needed to look at areas outside of the Added capacity has economic, environmental, and social impact after economic analysis, where the before period d after study period. The parallel-area or control-area study analyzing land values, rather than parallel-area or control- applied to better estimate effects. approach is recommended for further study of economic impacts area study approaches. This study involved a before-and- availability of land value data. Study variables included construction period, preferably five to ten years, could be construction zone and 2) consideration for lengthening the design matrix was developed from data available for two do not suggest an increase in property values because of facilities. Impacts on abutting property for each location for both facility types. Results of the statistical analysis four design characteristics and four property types. These highway types, multilane highway and freeway, on pre-selected Highway widening is one alternative for increasing capacity highway widening. The most important recommendation from hourly rate at which vehicles can reasonably be expected to Improvements, while the after period represented market indicated that property values generally decreased for both Land scarcity, as related to value, was analyzed with respect land value impacts were considered for this research study. on a particular section of roadway. Capacity is the maximum on land values. In addition, more data for the after Previous literature included several modelling techniques reflected minimal changes in value. Therefore, the results represented economic make-up of land parcels without sites. Location selection was based on prior knowledge and The before-and-after study approach was selected for this research study includes a combination of two factors.- to highway widening improvements on abutting land use. tradeoffs that must be considered. Economic tradeoffs of traverse a uniform section of a roadway during a given time under prevailing roadway, traffic, and control conditions. used for measuring economic impacts of highway improvements. value occurred on adjacent properties as a result of value on land parcels once construction was completed. A variables were used to determine whether increases in land widening. A paired data statistical analysis was performed |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Civil Engineering". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | xi, 97 leaves : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm. Also available online. Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |