An evaluation of the benefits of the Alabama service and assistance patrol : final report.

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• Creators:
  Turochy, Rod E. ; Jones, Steven L.
• Corporate Creators:
  Auburn University. Highway Research Center
• Corporate Contributors:
  Alabama. Department of Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Emergency road service
  • Motorist aid systems
  • Emergency road service--Alabama
  • Emergency road service--Cost effectiveness
• Publication/ Report Number:
  930-635
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Alabama
• Edition:
  Final report.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Auburn University. Highway Research Center
• Abstract:
  The Alabama Service and Assistance Patrol (A.S.A.P.) is a freeway service patrol operated by ; the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) in the Birmingham region of Alabama. ; This patrol of service vehicles travels continuously on approximately 112 miles of freeway on ; weekdays and responds to incidents such as crashes, and vehicle breakdowns, rendering ; assistance from basic services to motorists to temporary traffic control. The A.S.A.P. program ; therefore provides benefits to the public through reductions of travel time delay, vehicle ; emissions, and secondary or follow-on crashes. Additionally, the A.S.A.P. program provides ; basic services to motorists such as fuel, air, and emergency starting. The economic value of ; these benefits can be estimated in order to conduct an evaluation of the economic effectiveness ; of the program. This study is the first comprehensive study across all categories of benefits since ; the program began in 1997. This study focuses on program operations in 2004 and 2005.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17702/dot_17702_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 495.17 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:683d59aec42884760546bae004a9a41867c122e2c621b5395796aa303f3c7d6c