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Least cost planning, which was developed for use in the utilities industry, is being implemented by the Washington State Legislature. Least cost planning for transportation is a process of comparing direct and indirect costs of demand and supply options to meet transportation goals and/or policies where the intent of the process is to identify the most cost effective mix of options. This paper, which appears in a compendium of conference papers, describes the history of least cost planning, explains the Washington State Department of Transportation's role in the process, and reports on a study on implementation of least cost planning. Formal guidelines on implementation are expected.

Additional support was provided by the Puget Sound Regional Council and King County, Washington.

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1995-6

Fifth National Conference on Transportation Planning Methods Applications-Volume I. A Compendium of Papers Based on a Conference Held in Seattle, Washington in April 1995

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Alternatives analysis; Cost effectiveness; Demand; Guidelines; History; Implementation; Least overall cost; Supply; Transportation planning

Options; Supply and demand

Washington (State)

Washington (State)

Finance; Highways; History; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Research; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

TRIS, TRB, STATEDOT

Oct 1 1995 12:00AM

• A COMPREHENSIVE, ROUTE SPECIFIC, TRANSPORTATION DATA AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR TRAVEL TIME, SPEED, VOLUME DATA COLLECTION AND PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS
• A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO INCORPORATE TRIP CHAINING IN URBAN TRAVEL MODELS
• A QUICK RESPONSE SCREENING MODEL FOR PLANNING STATEWIDE ORIGIN/DESTINATION SURVEYS
• APPLICATION OF THE INCREMENTAL TRAVEL MODELING APPROACH IN BOISE
• CALIBRATION OF AN EMPLOYEE COMMUTE OPTIONS MODEL
• ESTIMATING TRANSPORTATION CONTROL MEASURE IMPACTS ON WORK RELATED NON-WORK TRAVEL
• EVALUATION OF CARBON MONOXIDE INVENTORY METHODOLOGY: IS IT PROVIDING REALISTIC ESTIMATES
• IMPACTS OF SIMPLIFIED TIME-OF-DAY MODELS ON MOBILE SOURCE EMISSION ESTIMATES
• INCREASING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN RURAL AREAS
• LAND USE, TRANSPORTATION AND AIR QUALITY RELATIONSHIPS-FORT COLLINS' EXPERIENCE
• MAJOR INVESTMENT STUDIES: A COMMENTARY ON ISSUES, THE PROCESS, AND LESSONS LEARNED TO DATE
• MAJOR TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT ANALYSIS (MITA) PROCESS IN MISSOURI: THE SHOW-ME STATE'S EQUIVALENT OF THE MAJOR INVESTMENT STUDY (MIS)
• METHODOLOGY FOR A STATE WIDE ORIGIN-DESTINATION TRUCK SURVEY STUDY
• MOBILE SOURCE EMISSION IMPACTS OF HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE FACILITIES
• MODEL LINKAGES AND GIS APPLICATIONS FOR AIR QUALITY PLANNING
• MODIFYING TRIP DISTRIBUTION MODELS TO ACCOUNT FOR TRIP CHAINING
• RE-BUILDING URBAN INTERSTATE ROUTES
• SOFTWARE FOR THE EVALUATION OF TCMS AND CM/AQ PROJECTS
• TECHNIQUES FOR PRECISE CALIBRATION OF A SMALL AREA TRAFFIC MODEL
• TESTING THE IMPACT OF ALTERNATIVE LAND USE SCENARIOS USING A TRAVEL DEMAND FORECASTING MODEL
• THE CO-ORDINATION OF LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION IN SOUTH ARFRICAN METROPOLITAN AREAS
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SIMPLIFIED INTERACTIVE MODELING PROCESS FOR SUB-AREA LAND USE ALLOCATION
• TRAFFIC ASSIGNMENT: BPR TO HCM (PART I)--DENVER'S APPLICATION
• TRAFFIC DATA COLLECTION FOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING IN THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA
• TRIP GENERATION AND LAND USE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS
• UNDERSTANDING THE LINK BETWEEN URBAN FORM AND NONWORK TRAVEL BEHAVIOR