Economics of design standards for low-volume rural roads
By: [by] C. H. Oglesby and M. J. Altenhofen.
Contributors: Altenhofen, M. J., joint author.; American Association of State Highway Officials.; United States. Bureau of Public Roads.; Stanford University. Dept. of Civil Engineering.
Series: National Cooperative Highway Research Program. Report ;; 63; NAS-NRC publication 1717.; Report (National Cooperative Highway Research Program) ;; 63.; Publication (National Research Council (U.S.)) ;; no. 1717.
Publisher: Highway Research Board, National Research Council
Published: 1969
Place of publication: [Washington]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 93
Subjects: Rural roads -- Design and construction.
Description: he objective of this study is to examine prevailing rural design standards to determine their economic justification. This would evaluate in depth the cost of some of the most significant design practices (for example, roadway and shoulder width and surfacing type). Resulting user benefits, such as operating, accident and time savings would be weighed against the cost of individual features. In addition to the analysis of the user-benefit relationships, the economic and social consequences to local residents, businesses and communities should be studied and a suitable means of including them in the reckoning of warranted levels of improvement should be found.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 19-22.
"NCHRP project 2-6 FY '63 and '64."
Research sponsored by the American Association of State Highway Officials in cooperation with the Bureau of Public Roads and performed by the Dept. of Civil Engineering, Stanford University.