Evaluating the Full Costs of Urban Passenger Transportation

1996 ◽  
Vol 1518 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-64
Author(s):  
Jiefeng Qin ◽  
Jose Weissmann ◽  
Mark A. Euritt ◽  
Michael Martello
Keyword(s):  
External Costs ◽  
Public Agencies ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Full Cost ◽  
Metropolitan Planning Organizations ◽  
Passenger Transportation ◽  
Metropolitan Planning ◽  
Transportation Modes ◽  
Planning Organizations ◽  
Corridor Network

Full-cost analyses are being used increasingly within the transportation community to evaluate modal alternatives. Full costs include the costs to users, public agencies, and society (external costs). A working model to estimate the full costs of different transportation modes at the corridor, network, and project levels—one allowing for cross-modal comparisons and easy calibration to local conditions—is presented. The computerized model (MODECOST) is designed to provide assistance to metropolitan planning organizations, transit authorities, and regional and municipal authorities in making cross-modal cost comparisons of transportation alternatives.

Florida Metropolitan Planning Organization Reports on Transit Capacity and Quality of Service: First-Year Evaluation

2003 ◽  
Vol 1841 (1) ◽  
pp. 128-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria A. Perk ◽  
Chandra Foreman
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Service ◽  
First Year ◽  
Actual Process ◽  
Transit Systems ◽  
Metropolitan Planning Organizations ◽  
Metropolitan Planning ◽  
Florida Department ◽  
Planning Organizations ◽  
Transit Capacity

As an application of the transit quality-of-service framework presented in the first edition of the Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual (TCQSM), the Florida Department of Transportation required all metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) in the state where fixed-route transit service operates to analyze those services on the basis of the six measures identified in the TCQSM: service frequency, hours of service, service coverage, passenger loading, reliability (on-time performance and headway adherence), and transit versus automobile travel time. A first-year evaluation compiles the analyses provided by the participating MPOs and provides an assessment of the aggregate performance of the transit systems. A larger part of the study focused on the examination of the actual process used by the MPOs and transit systems to evaluate their services. Changes recommended to improve and refine the process for future years are presented, based on the first-time experiences of the MPOs. This evaluation serves as a model for other areas in the country interested in applying the customer-oriented assessment of transit based on the TCQSM.

scholarly journals Framework for Modeling Statewide Freight Movement Using Publicly Available Data

2012 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Subhro Mitra ◽  
Denver Tolliver
Keyword(s):  
Research Funding ◽  
State Level ◽  
Input Output ◽  
Relative Ease ◽  
Output Table ◽  
Metropolitan Planning Organizations ◽  
Metropolitan Planning ◽  
Freight Planning ◽  
Planning Organizations ◽  
State Organizations

This paper presents a methodology to model statewide truck trips using publicly available data developed by federal and state organizations. This methodology is applied for the statewide freight planning of North Dakota. In the absence of ample research funding, states, counties and metropolitan planning organizations can resort to these freely available data. A state level commodity-by-industry input-output table customized from a freely available national input-output table is used to disaggregate trips to the traffic analysis zone level. These databases are available nationally; hence, the methodology discussed in this paper can be transferred to other states with relative ease.

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