TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 424: Engineering Economic Analysis Practices for Highway Investment explores how U.S. transportation agencies have applied engineering economics--benefit–cost analyses and similar procedures--to decisions on highway investments.
TR News 292: May-June 2014 includes an article about the report.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2012. Engineering Economic Analysis Practices for Highway Investment. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/22795.
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Front Matter | i-vii | |
Summary | 1-3 | |
Chapter One - Introduction | 4-10 | |
Chapter Two - Engineering Economic Analysis | 11-30 | |
Chapter Three - Case Examples | 31-72 | |
Chapter Four - Implementation | 73-88 | |
Chapter Five - Conclusions | 89-95 | |
Abbreviations and Acronyms | 96-97 | |
References | 98-103 | |
Bibliography | 104-104 | |
Appendix A - Survey Questionnaire | 105-110 | |
Appendix B - Interview Guide | 111-111 | |
Appendix C - Screening Survey Participants | 112-112 | |
Appendix D - Selected Federal Requirements for Highway Economic Analyses | 113-118 |
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