The Economics of Transportation Systems: A Reference for Practitioners

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• Creators:
  Kockelman, Kara ; Chen, T. Donna ; Larsen, Katie A. ; Nichols, Brice
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Texas at Austin. Center for Transportation Research
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas Department of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Benefit cost analysis
  • Case studies
  • Econometrics
  • Economic impacts
  • Economics
  • Financing
  • Manuals
  • Pricing
  • Regulation
  • Transportation
• Publication/ Report Number:
  0-6628-P1
• Resource Type:
  Manual
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas;United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Texas at Austin. Center for Transportation Research
• Abstract:
  This reference is designed to introduce transportation practitioners to the underlying economic realities of their profession. Ultimately, good engineering judgment, which is vital to defensible and optimal decision-making, relies in large part on good economic judgment. Chapters include: Costs and Benefits of Transportation; Pricing of Transportation Services; Regulation and Competition; Movement, Transportation, and Location; Investment and Financing; Project Evaluation; Economic Impact Analysis of Transportation Investments and Policies; Econometrics for Data Analysis; Data Sets; and Case Studies.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/85980/dot_85980_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.16 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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