Effects of road design and traffic conditions on vehicle operating costs. A study of the literature. Report VTI-154

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:5475245

Hammarstroem, U; Ericsson, T

Road planning requires knowledge of connections between maintenance and construction of roads and vehicle costs. The Swedish Road Administration is continuously improving the knowledge of these connections. As a part of this work the Swedish Road and Traffic Research Institute (VTI) was commissioned to perform a study of the literature to survey the state of the art. The connections between maintenance and construction of roads and vehicle costs consist of two steps. Maintenance and construction influence the road and traffic conditions which affect vehicle costs. The connections between maintenance and construction and the road and traffic conditions are presupposed to be known or surveyed elsewhere. Consequently, this study is limited to the connections between vehicle costs and road and traffic conditions.

• Research Organization: National Swedish Road and Traffic Research Inst., Linkoeping
• OSTI ID: 5475245
• Report Number(s): PB-81-126385
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: Swedish

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
ROADS
DESIGN
MAINTENANCE
VEHICLES
OPERATING COST
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
DRAG
FUEL CONSUMPTION
ROLLING FRICTION
TRAFFIC CONTROL
CONTROL
COST
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
FRICTION
320203* - Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization- Transportation- Land & Roadway