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ECONOMICS OF TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS: AN EMPIRICAL EVALUATION

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Abstract:

THIS STUDY, A CONTINUATION OF WORK THAT FOCUSED INITIALLY ON CREATING AN ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK WITHIN WHICH TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS MIGHT BE EVALUATED, COMPARES TANGIBLE BENEFITS AND COSTS ON THE BASIS OF EMPIRICAL RESULTS FROM THE GREATER VANCOUVER AREA OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, WHICH HAS A POPULATION OF APPROXIMATELY 1.1 MILLION PEOPLE. THREE AREAS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH AND APPLICATION ARE NOTED AND DISCUSSED. FINALLY, SEVERAL TENTATIVE CONCLUSIONS ARE DRAWN AND DISCUSSED ALONG WITH THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR DECISION-MAKING AND POLICY. /AUTHOR/

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Sponsored by Committee on Social, Economic, and Environmental Factors of Transportation and presented at the 50th Annual Meeting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

Monograph Accession #:

01035879

Authors:

Goldberg, Michael A
Heaver, Trevor D

Pagination:

pp 130-138

Publication Date:

1971

Serial:

Highway Research Record

Issue Number: 356
Publisher: Highway Research Board

ISBN:

0309019692

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures (2) ; References (23)

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Subject Areas:

Economics; Society; Transportation (General)

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Mar 7 1972 12:00AM

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