NTL Record

Title	Road Weather Management Benefit Cost Analysis Compendium [2014]
Record ID	67056
Personal Name Creator	Lawrence, Michael; Nguyen, Paul ; Skolnick, Jonathan; Hunt, Jim; Alfelor, Roemer
Corporate Contributor	United States. Federal Highway Administration; Leidos; Jack Faucett Associates
Publisher	United States. Federal Highway Administration
Publication Date	20140101
Language	English
Abstract	The Road Weather Management (RWM) Benefit Cost Analysis (BCA) Compendium provides information about benefit cost analyses conducted around the country for specific RWM technologies or operational strategies. The actual project evaluations involve the use of custom spreadsheets developed by the agency or its contractors, or the application of available software tools to the BCA. The Compendium also includes hypothetical cases designed to demonstrate how BCA can be used for a specific RWM technology or operational strategy. FHWA has developed a sketch planning BCA tool --the Tool for Operations Benefit/Cost (TOPS-BC)--for application to TSMO projects, including RWM projects. For the hypothetical cases, TOPS-BC is used to assist in the measurement of benefits and costs and in the calculation of the benefit cost ratio. Each case demonstrates how planners conducted, or could conduct, a BCA on one or more RWM technologies or strategies. There are 17 cases studies presented in the RWM Compendium, and each addresses one or more specific BCA issues or procedures.
Rosap ID	dot:41525
Rosap URL	https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/41525
TRT Terms	Road weather information systems; Benefit cost analysis
Geographical Coverage	United States
Contract Number	DTFH61-12-D-00050
Report Number	FHWA-HOP-14-033
Resource type	Tech Report
URL	https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/67000/67000/67056/fhwahop14033.pdf
Alternative URL	http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop14033/fhwahop14033.pdf
Format	PDF
Database	NTL Digital Repository