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Law enforcement costs on urban roads is a seldom-considered public cost, although it averages two to three times higher than maintenance costs. When law enforcement costs are considered, a typical value used by planners is about $5,000 per lane-mile. This value may be adequate for rural roads, but it significantly underestimates the costs on urban roads, as demonstrated through the study cases described in this paper. Law enforcement costs are not included in the cost calculation of urban roads due to the lack of an effective and simple procedure. This paper presents a "quick approach" for estimating law enforcement costs on urban roads, a step-by-step procedure that is both simple to understand and easy to apply. All the needed data can be obtained through a few telephone calls. The calculations are quickly performed on templates provided in this paper. The quick approach provides valid answers because it takes into account all the important parameters related to law enforcement activities. It is also based on sound, justifiable logic and contains few assumptions. The quick approach gives an average value for law enforcement cost per lane-mile of the city highway network. However, this value could be adjusted to represent the costs on a specific urban road.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1262, Planning, Management and Economic Analysis 1990. 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

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Tables (7)

Case studies; Costs; Estimating; Law enforcement; Productivity; Urban highways

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Economics; Finance; Highways; Security and Emergencies; Society; I10: Economics and Administration

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Oct 31 1990 12:00AM

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• MEASURING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BENEFITS FOR HIGHWAY DECISION MAKING IN WISCONSIN
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• SMALL COMPUTERS AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN TRANSPORTATION CONSULTING
• U.S. HIGHWAY CAPITAL PROGRAMS: ELEMENTS OF DYNAMICS AND INNOVATION
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• USE OF PRECONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO DEVELOP, SCHEDULE, AND MONITOR THE NORTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
• UTILITIES STUDY FOR THE ALABAMA HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT