Benefit-cost analysis of freeway service patrol programs: methodology and case study

Advances in Transportation Studies

Volumn , Issue 20, 2010, Pages 81-96

  Chou, C ^a   Miller Hooks, E ^a   Promisel, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b New York State Police   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit to cost ratio; Freeway operations; Incident management

Indexed keywords

BENEFIT TO COST RATIOS; BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS; FREEWAY CONGESTION; FREEWAY OPERATIONS; FREEWAY SERVICE PATROLS; GEOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS; INCIDENT DURATION; INCIDENT MANAGEMENT; INCIDENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS; NEW YORK STATE; PUBLIC SCRUTINY; SIMULATION-BASED; STATISTICAL COMPARISONS; TRAVEL DELAYS;

COST ACCOUNTING; COSTS; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955646118     PISSN: 18245463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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