Modeling the effects of socioeconomic factors in highway construction and expansion

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 990-998

  Davis, Coray ^a   Jha, Manoj K ^b  

^a VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center of Excellence for Tactical and Advanced Communications Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment; Construction; Economic factors; Environmental issues; Highways and roads; Societal factors

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION ECONOMICS; CONTEXT SENSITIVE SOLUTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; HIGHWAY ALIGNMENT; HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION; HIGHWAYS AND ROADS; PENALTY COST; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; SOCIETAL FACTORS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTOR;

ALIGNMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ROADS AND STREETS;

HIGHWAY PLANNING;

COMMUTING; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

EID: 77950934079     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2009)135:12(990)     Document Type: Article

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