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... Federal HCASs were conducted in 1965, 1982, and 1997. HIGHWAY COST ALLOCATION STUDY METHODS Before the 1982 Federal HCAS, the methodology used in most state HCASs was some form of what is called the "Incremental Method," which was the set of methods developed in Oregon and refined in the major benchmark Federal HCAS conducted between 1957 and 1965 and published in 1965.
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... STATE HIGHWAY COST ALLOCATION STUDIES Table 1 presents the results and basic methods used in 85 state HCASs performed in the United States. Much of the data presented in the table were obtained from the 2005 Oregon Highway Cost Allocation Study conducted by ECONorthwest (2005)
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... VMT, GVW, ESALs, AMT State and Federal Idaho 1987, 1994, 2002 Prospective Cost-Occasioned 37.29% VMT State, Federal, and Local Funds Combined Indiana 1984, 1988, 1989, 2000 Incremental/ Consumption 53.2% ESAL State, Federal, and Local Iowa 1983, 1984 Federal 48.94% ESAL, Ton-Miles, AMT, PCE, VMT Kansas 1978, 1985 Hybrid 41.85% Number of Vehicles, VMT, AMT, Ton-Miles, PCE-VMT, ESAL-Miles State Funds Kentucky 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000 Federal 54.92% VMT, ESAL-VMT, PCE-VMT, Axle-Miles State and Federal Funds Combined Maine 1956, 1961, 1982, 1989 Hybrid/Expenditure Allocation 35.6% VMT, ESALs, PCE, Delphi, TMT, Standard Vehicle Equivalent State and Federal funds Maryland 1989 State and Local Funds Minnesota 1990 Federal and Incremental 19.2% VMT, Truck-VMT TABLE 1 STATE HIGHWAY COST ALLOCATION STUDY METHODS AND RESULTS (Continued on next page)
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... 31.7% ESAL, VMT, PCE, Ton-Miles State and Federal Funds Combined Wyoming 1981, 1999 FHWA State HCAS Model 55.8% VMT, Vehicle Size, Horsepower, Weight Adapted from ECONorthwest et al.
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