Need-based project prioritization: Alternative to cost-benefit analysis

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 150-158

  Kulkarni, Ram B ^a   Miller, Deb ^b   Ingram, Rosemary M ^b   Wong, Chi Wah ^a   Lorenz, Julie ^c  

^a URS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Kansas Department of Transportation   (United States)

^c HNTB CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit cost ratios; Highway improvement; Kansas; Project planning

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

HIGHWAY SEGMENTS;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; PRIORITIZATION; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842480349     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2004)130:2(150)     Document Type: Article

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