A framework for evaluation of alternative Automated Highway System (AHS) deployment concepts is developed with respect to life-cycle costs and benefits. This framework is applied to a range of scenarios to capture benefits and costs on both a highway and national basis. Features include: (1) evolutionary approach to AHS development; (2) original cost estimates for the vehicle and infrastructure; (3) formal assessment of risks and uncertainties; and (4) extrapolation of results to a national scale. This is Volume 1 of six volumes.
Precursor Systems Analyses of Automated Highway Systems. Activity Area P. Preliminary Cost/Benefit Factors Analysis. Volume 1. Cost/Benefit Analysis of Automated Highway Systems
1995
75 pages
Report
No indication
English
Road Transportation , Transportation & Traffic Planning , Transportation , Highway Engineering , Automatic traffic control , Automatic highways , Highway design , Cost analysis , Life cycle costs , Automatic transportation systems , Automatic routing , Cost estimates , System failures , Risk assessment , Traffic management , Systems analysis , Highway transportation , Market research , Automated Highway Systems Precursor Systems Analyses , Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems