Transportation Decision Making

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This pioneering text provides a holistic approach to decisionmaking in transportation project development and programming, whichcan help transportation professionals to optimize their investmentchoices. The authors present a proven set of methodologies forevaluating transportation projects that ensures that all costs andimpacts are taken into consideration. The text's logical organization gets readers started with asolid foundation in basic principles and then progressively buildson that foundation. Topics covered include: * Developing performance measures for evaluation, estimatingtravel demand, and costing transportation projects * Performing an economic efficiency evaluation that accounts forsuch factors as travel time, safety, and vehicle operatingcosts * Evaluating a project's impact on economic development and landuse as well as its impact on society and culture * Assessing a project's environmental impact, including airquality, noise, ecology, water resources, and aesthetics * Evaluating alternative projects on the basis of multipleperformance criteria * Programming transportation investments so that resources can beoptimally allocated to meet facility-specific and system-widegoals Each chapter begins with basic definitions and concepts followedby a methodology for impact assessment. Relevant legislation isdiscussed and available software for performing evaluations ispresented. At the end of each chapter, readers are providedresources for detailed investigation of particular topics. Theseinclude Internet sites and publications of international anddomestic agencies and research institutions. The authors alsoprovide a companion Web site that offers updates, data foranalysis, and case histories of project evaluation and decisionmaking. Given that billions of dollars are spent each year ontransportation systems in the United States alone, and that thereis a need for thorough and rational evaluation and decision makingfor cost-effective system preservation and improvement, this textshould be on the desks of all transportation planners, engineers,and educators. With exercises in every chapter, this text is anideal coursebook for the subject of transportation systems analysisand evaluation.

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Kumares C. Sinha

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Architecture Architektur Bauingenieur- u. Bauwesen Civil Engineering & Construction Industrial Engineering Industrial Engineering / Project Management Industrielle Verfahrenstechnik Planning Planung Projektmanagement Projektmanagement i. d. Industriellen Verfahrenstechnik Stadtplanung Transportation Engineering Verkehrsbau

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"Sinha and Labi compile a vast reservoir of knowledge and techniquethat transportation decision makers might use to identify andevaluate these diverse impacts as part of the decision makingprocess." (Journal of the American Planning Association,February 2009) ""I am not aware of any other book covering such a huge varietyof practically relevant and qualitive models." (ZentralblattMATH, 2008) "The book does justice to the richness of the broader topic ofdecision making, covering the specific areas you would expect andmore. Overall, the book is an excellent resource...the book iswell-written and organized." (Journal of TransportationEngineering; 12/07)
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