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Title: TRANSPORTATION COST ALLOCATION: APPLYING COST ALLOCATION IN A MULTIMODAL ENVIRONMENT
Accession Number: 00732438
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: The application of cost allocation techniques to an increasingly multimodal or intermodal federal transportation program is discussed. Numerous statutory changes and policy developments in the 1990s have moved federal policy strongly toward an intermodal approach. As a result, highway cost allocation studies must address topics related to expenditures for multimodal improvements. The issues involved and the implications of a multimodal program for seeking cost-based pricing of transportation facilities are explored. Also examined are the feasibility of approaching cost allocation from a multimodal perspective, the challenges posed to past technical approaches and fundamental objectives, and several policy benefits that might be derived from taking a broader multimodal approach. An assessment of pros and cons is presented, followed by a wide-ranging set of conclusions and recommendations for federal cost allocation research. The central conclusion supports continued modal cost allocation studies emphasizing a comparable approach for each mode and developing information on spillover effects across modes.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1558, Transportation Finance, Economics, and Strategic Management.
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Wheeler, P KPagination: p. 8-15
Publication Date: 1996
Serial: ISBN: 0309059585
Features: References
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Finance; Policy; Research; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Feb 20 1997 12:00AM
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