Traffic and Highway Engineering
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ISBN: 9781305156241
Author: Garber, Nicholas J.
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 13, Problem 4P
To determine
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The net user benefits per year.
To determine
(b)
The comparison of calculated value with that of typical highway studies
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expressed as C- 50 + 0.5V, where V is the number of veh/hr and Cis the cost/vehicle in cents. The demand for travel across the bridge
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(c) A tollbooth is to be added, thus reducing the travel time to cross the bridge. The new cost function is C- 50 + 0.2V. Determine the
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(d) Determine the toll to yield the highest revenue for demand and supply function in part (a), and the associated demand and revenue
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