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A highway cost allocation study (HCAS) based on the 1997 Federal methodology was conducted on the seven toll facilities owned and operated by the Maryland Transportation Authority. The primary objective of this study was to evaluate in rational terms the relative share of facility costs attributable to each vehicle class in the Authority’s toll structure. The equitable distribution of costs is an important, albeit not the only, consideration in setting toll policies. The cost allocation analyses clearly show that passenger cars are paying more than their “fair share”—i.e., their proportion of costs as determined by the HCAS—and trucks, especially 5 axle trucks, are paying less on a system-wide basis under current Authority toll schedules. The analyses also show that this disparity will increase over time as future projects dominated by load-related activities come online.

01147878

10-2677

English

15p

2010

Transportation Research Board 89th Annual Meeting

DVD

Figures (3) ; References; Tables (6)

Cost allocation; Policy making; Systems analysis; Toll facilities; Toll roads; Tolls

Highway Cost Allocation Study

Maryland

Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2010 Paper #10-2677

TRIS, TRB

Jan 25 2010 11:18AM