The economics of potential reduction of the rural road system in Kansas.

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• Creators:
  Babcock, Michael W. ; Alakshendra, Abhinav
• Corporate Creators:
  Kansas State University. Transportation Center
• Corporate Contributors:
  Kansas. Dept. of Transportation. Bureau of Materials & Research
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Low volume roads
  • Rural areas
  • Rural highways
  • Rural transportation
  • Rural travel
  • Benefit cost analysis
  • Cost effectiveness
  • Traffic volume
  • Agriculture
  • Maintenance Low-volume roads
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  K-TRAN: KSU-10-5;KSUTC-10-5
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Kansas
• Edition:
  Final report; June 2009¿Sept. 2010.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Kansas. Dept. of Transportation
• Abstract:
  Benefit–cost analysis was used to examine the question of road closure in the three counties. The cost of road ; closure is the additional travel cost of rural residents due to more circuitous routing to their destinations. The benefit is ; the avoided maintenance costs of roads removed from the county network. ; In three counties, 10 road segments were selected as potential candidates for simulated closure. This was done to ; analyze the traffic impacts on alternative roads near the road segments being considered for simulated closure. ; Selection of the road segments was based on many factors, but the most important criterion was the traffic volume on ; these roads. TransCAD maps and KDOT traffic counts were used to identify candidate roads for simulated closure. ; Single-access roads (the only road between a specific origin and destination) were not considered for simulated ; closure. ; • A major conclusion is that rural counties will be able to save money by closing some relatively lowvolume ; roads and redirecting the savings toward increasing the quality of the other county roads. ; • Counties with relatively extensive road systems (miles of road per square mile) and relatively high ; population density (i.e., Brown County) are less likely to realize savings from road closure. ; • Counties with less extensive road systems and relatively low population density (i.e., Thomas County) are ; more likely to realize significant savings from closure of relatively low-volume roads.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  C1826
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/23522/dot_23522_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 714.52 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
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