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THE METHODOLOGY DESCRIBED WAS USED IN DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTERIM MASTER PLAN FOR TRANSPORTATION IN PENNSYLVANIA IN THE PERIOD THROUGH 1975. THE RATIONALE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PLAN IS BASED ON A THREE-STEP APPROACH: (1) DETERMINATION OF GOALS FOR TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT IN THE COMMONWEALTH; (2) IDENTIFICATION OF ALTERNATIVE PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS UNDER DIFFERENT ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT GOAL VALUES AND BUDGET LEVELS; AND (3) SELECTION OF THOSE PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS FOR THE INTERIM MASTER PLAN THAT WERE MOST BENEFICIAL IN TERMS OF GOAL SATISFACTION AND THAT COULD BE PURCHASED WITHIN A SPECIFIED BUDGET LEVEL. THE MOST IMPORTANT FEATURE OF THIS METHODOLOGY IS A COMPUTERIZED RESOURCE ALLOCATION MODEL FOR EVALUATING AND SELECTING PROJECTS ON THE BASIS OF MULTIPLE CRITERIA IN TERMS OF THEIR ANTICIPATED COSTS AND BENEFITS TO MEET A SET OF WEIGHTED GOALS SUBJECT TO OVERALL COST CONSTRAINTS. THE EVALUATION TECHNIQUE REQUIRES AN ESTIMATION FOR EACH PROPOSED PROJECT OF THE OUT-OF-POCKET INVESTMENT COST TO THE STATE, AND THE ANTICIPATED BENEFITS IN EACH OF NINE CATEGORIES. THOSE PROJECTS SELECTED UNDER ALL ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT GOAL VALUES AND BUDGET LEVELS WERE INCLUDED AS THE 'HIGHEST PRIORITY PROJECTS' IN THE INTERIM MASTER PLAN; THOSE SELECTED UNDER SOME GOAL-VALUE AND BUDGET COMBINATIONS, BUT NOT UNDER OTHERS, WERE DEFINED AS 'SECOND-HIGHEST PRIORITY PROJECTS'; AND THOSE PROJECTS RARELY OR NEVER SELECTED UNDER ANY ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT GOAL VALUES OR BUDGET LEVELS WERE CONSIDERED AS 'LOWEST PRIORITY PROJECTS.' /AUTHOR/

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Murray, Robert H

pp 69-81

1969

Highway Research Record

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Benefit cost analysis; Cost allocation; Natural resources; Resource development; Transportation planning

Allocation models

Economics; Highways; Society

TRIS, TRB

Nov 24 1994 12:00AM

• A TRANSPORTATION AND PRICE-SENSITIVE INTERREGIONAL INPUT-OUTPUT MODEL
• DEVELOPMENT OF A TRANSIT COST ALLOCATION FORMULA
• ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF URBAN PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION
• ENGINEERING-ECONOMIC SYSTEMS ANALYSIS FOR TRANSPORT PLANNING IN DAHOMEY, WEST AFRICA
• Information Needs of Interstate Highway Motorists in Iowa
• PROJECTING AUTOMOBILE AVAILABILITY BY URBANIZED AREA
• THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS ACCRUING FROM THE SCENIC ENHANCEMENT OF HIGHWAYS
• THE ECONOMICS OF THE DIESEL FUEL TAX DIFFERENTIAL
• THE INFLUENCE OF THE HIGHWAY NETWORK STRUCTURE ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF WEST VIRGINIA
• THE USE OF LAND DEVELOPMENT SIMULATION MODELS IN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING