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:
  • Work zones
  • Cost estimating Road work zones--Costs--Software
  • Road work zones--Planning
  • Road users
• 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.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  BD015-20
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17025/dot_17025_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 727.76 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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