Rural Road Abandonment: Policy Criteria and Empirical Analysis

Cathy A. Hamlett and C. Phillip Baumel

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1990, vol. 72, issue 1, 114-120

Abstract: Deterioration and changing use patterns of the rural road system have coalesced into difficult policy decisions for local government officials. One option for consideration is abandonment of some low-volume roads. A model is developed, using utility maximization and Pareto-optimal criteria, that allows identification of policy criteria for abandonment. The criteria are empirically estimated and 4% to 12% of the roads were found to be good candidates for abandonment without a net social loss.

Date: 1990
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