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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN USER AND NON-USER BENEFITS IS DISCUSSED. USER BENEFITS ARE DEFINED AS THOSE THAT ARE REALIZED DIRECTLY BY THE MOTOR-VEHICLE USER INCLUDING SAVINGS IN OPERATING COSTS, TIME COSTS, ACCIDENT COSTS AND REDUCTION IN THE STRAIN ANNOYANCE OF DRIVING UNDER UNFAVORABLE CONDITIONS. NON-USER OR NON VEHICULAR BENEFITS ARE THOSE MORE INDIRECT BENEFITS WHICH ACCRUE TO ADJACENT PROPERTY, BUSINESS, THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, ETC. THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS IMPINGE ON LAND VALUES AND LAND-USE CHANGES. STUDIES ON THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT COMPLETED OR IN PROGRESS ARE REVIEWED. A TABLE LISTS AT LEAST 50 STUDIES AT PRESENT UNDER WAY IN SOME 30 STATES. SOME USE THE BEFORE-AND-AFTER APPROACH, SEEKING TO CONTRAST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS BEFORE AND AFTER A HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT HAS BEEN MADE. OTHERS USE THE COMPARATIVE APPROACH CONTRASTING SO-CALLED AFFECTED AREAS NEAR THE HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT WITH CONTROL AREAS REMOVED FORM THE INFLUENCE OF THE IMPROVEMENT. IT IS EMPHASIZED THAT IT IS ESSENTIAL TO CONSIDER NOT ONLY THE SEVERAL BENEFICIARY GROUPS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE BENEFITS OF LAND-VALUE CHANGES RESULTING FROM HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT, BUT ALSO THE FINAL INCIDENCE OF THOSE BENEFITS AS WELL, IN TERMS OR EACH GROUP. BASED UPON COMPLETED STUDIES, A SCIENTIFIC BASIS WAS SOUGHT UPON WHICH A METHOD TO QUANTIFY THESE BENEFITS MIGHY BE MOUNTED.

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1960

Highway Research Board Special Report

Workshop Conference on Economic Analysis

Digital/other

Before and after studies; Economic benefits; Economic impacts; Highways; Improvements; Land use; Land values; Nonuser benefits; Social values; User benefits

Change

Economics; Highways; Society

TRIS, TRB

Aug 26 1970 12:00AM

• APPENDIX C: EXPLANATION OF TABLE AND CHART-PRESENT WORTH OF PROJECTED REVENUE
• APPLICATIONS OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS TO HIGHWAY SYSTEMS AND PROGRAMS
• CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS OF ENGINEERING ECONOMY
• CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS OF ENGINEERING ECONOMY IN THE HIGHWAY FIELD
• Cost Elements in Economic Analysis of Highway Programming, Location and Design
• ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATE ROUTE LOCATIONS
• ECONOMIC ANALYSIS: A STUDY IN UNCERTAINTIES
• EFFECTS OF TRAVEL IMPEDANCE COSTS
• EVALUATION OF UNIT COST OF TIME AND STRAIN-AND-DISCOMFORT COST OF NON-UNIFORM DRIVING
• HIGHWAY COSTS AS A FACTOR IN ENGINEERING NEEDS ESTIMATES
• HIGHWAYS AS AN INSTRUMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CHANGE
• INTEREST AND THE RATE OF RETURN ON INVESTMENTS
• MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATING AND ACCIDENT COSTS AND BENEFITS ARISING FROM THEIR REDUCTION THROUGH ROAD IMPROVEMENT
• RESEARCH IN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AT M.I.T.
• RESUME OF AASHO REPORT ON ROAD USER BENEFIT ANALYSES
• SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN THE ANALYSIS OF URBAN EXPRESSWAY PROJECTS
• THE INCIDENCE OF HIGHWAY BENEFITS