Evaluation of User Benefits Arising from Changes in Transportation Systems

Martin J. Beckmann and James P. Wallace
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Martin J. Beckmann: Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
James P. Wallace: General Motors Research Laboratories, Warren, Michigan

Transportation Science, 1969, vol. 3, issue 4, 344-351

Abstract: This paper investigates the welfare implication of changes in the transportation system in two special areas. The first is when the origin-destination demand for transportation may be assumed to be fixed and the second case is where, considering only work trips, origins may vary but destinations may not. A technique is described that could be used to forecast the new origin-destination demand resulting from a change in the transportation system. The technique also provides an appropriate measure of the welfare implications. A particular objective of the paper is to point out the pitfalls of using transportation (generalized) cost saving as a welfare measure whenever origin-destination demand may not be assumed fixed. In this situation it is shown that the welfare measure must take into consideration the benefit derived from the increased choice in available housing sites.

Date: 1969
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