Developing a realistic-prototyping road user cost evaluation tool for FDOT.

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• Alternative Title:
  Developing a realistic-prototyping RUC evaluation tool for FDOT.
• Creators:
  Zhu, Yimin ; Ahmad, Irtishad
• Corporate Creators:
  Florida International University. Dept. of Construction Management
• Corporate Contributors:
  Florida. Department of Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Cost Estimating Road Work Zones--Costs--Software Road Users Road Work Zones--Planning Work Zones
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Florida
• Corporate Publisher:
  Florida Department of Transportation
• Abstract:
  The objective of this project is to develop a realistic-prototyping RUC (Road User Cost) calculation tool that is userfriendly
  
  and utilizing limited number of data inputs that are easy to use. The tool can help engineers to estimate RUC on
  
  specific construction projects for determining the incentive/disincentive values for contractors. The development of such
  
  a tool is necessitated by the need to simplify data requirements for RUC calculations, making the RUC calculations more
  
  geographical related, by designing a user-friendly software tool.
  
  In addition to the review of existing literature related, comparisons were performed among FDOT methodologies,
  
  and also among the existing tools (such as the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) DOT model, the Queue
  
  and User Cost Evaluation of Work Zones (QUEWZ) model and the Quick Zone model. The above models were
  
  developed by the ADOT, the Texas Transportation Institute, and the Federal Highway Administration.
  
  The new RUC calculation procedure is developed based on concepts and methods published in recognized sources
  
  such as American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO)’s User Benefit Analysis of
  
  Highway and Bus-Transit Improvements,” “Red Book” and the Transportation Research Board’s Highway Capacity
  
  Manual(HCM). Data from seven projects are collected to validate the new procedure by comparing it with the ADOT
  
  model and the QUEWZ model.
  
  The validations show that the new procedure can generate consistent results that are comparable with those
  
  produced by the Arizona model and the QUEWZ model, while using a small set of localized data inputs.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  BD015-20
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17025/dot_17025_DS1.pdf
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