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Title:

Valuing Service Quality Improvements in Transport Planning

Accession Number:

01099834

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

This paper examines ways to evaluate qualitative transportation improvements, such as increased convenience, comfort and security, and how these can be incorporated into transport planning. Research indicates that travelers often place a high value on qualitative improvements to walking, cycling and public transit travel, and will respond to such improvements by increasing their use of these modes. However, conventional transport planning and project economic evaluation generally focus on quantitative impacts and undervalue qualitative impacts. This paper describes how qualitative factors can be evaluated applying level-of-service ratings and by adjusting travel time unit costs to reflect convenience and comfort factors. This can expand the range of impacts and options considered in transport planning.

Monograph Accession #:

01084478

Report/Paper Numbers:

08-0998

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Litman, Todd Alexander

Pagination:

15p

Publication Date:

2008

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 87th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2008-1-13 to 2008-1-17
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

DVD

Features:

References (24) ; Tables (6)

Subject Areas:

Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2008 Paper #08-0998

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jan 29 2008 3:20PM