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Transportation Engineering Establishing Economic and Environmental Viability

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The foregoing discussion has focused on setting out in non quantified form cer­tain economic, community, and other consequences of (1) individual projects and alternatives within them and (2) alternative overall schemes. But procedures for selecting which projects to carry out should involve studies to determine economic viability or, in other words, studies to establish which among the pro­posals make the best use of available, limited resources.


The findings of economic analyses, if made at all, often have been largely disregarded for public undertakings in transportation engineering. There are, of course, ex­ceptions; for example, lending agencies such as the World Bank often make economic justification a precondition to financing. And they also are a part of the “alternatives analysis” process of UMTA. But all too often, only lip service is given to the results.



Sometimes projects or alternatives that appear to be viable economically are ruled out because of environmental impacts such as noise, air, or water pollu­tion. To mitigate these impacts may be too costly. 

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