An Ex-Ante Cost-Benefit Analysis of All-Terrain Vehicle Transportation Corridor in Southwest Alaska
This research explores the construction of a geotextile ATV corridor connecting two separate village subsets, Oscarville-Napakiak and Akiak-Akiachak, in the Kuskokwim River delta. Cost-benefit analysis was used to compare the costs of constructing a geotextile trail to the benefits derived from the...
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ftunivoregonojs:oai:journals.library.oregonstate.edu:article/576 2023-05-15T17:05:39+02:00 An Ex-Ante Cost-Benefit Analysis of All-Terrain Vehicle Transportation Corridor in Southwest Alaska Elder, Lee Seidl, Andy 2010-10-11 application/pdf http://journals.oregondigital.org/index.php/trforum/article/view/576 https://doi.org/10.5399/osu/jtrf.44.3.576 eng eng OSU http://journals.oregondigital.org/index.php/trforum/article/view/576/481 http://journals.oregondigital.org/index.php/trforum/article/view/576 doi:10.5399/osu/jtrf.44.3.576 Journal of the Transportation Research Forum; Vol 44, No 3 (2005) 1046-1469 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2010 ftunivoregonojs https://doi.org/10.5399/osu/jtrf.44.3.576 2023-02-07T11:01:34Z This research explores the construction of a geotextile ATV corridor connecting two separate village subsets, Oscarville-Napakiak and Akiak-Akiachak, in the Kuskokwim River delta. Cost-benefit analysis was used to compare the costs of constructing a geotextile trail to the benefits derived from the reduction of injuries, fatalities, and fuel consumption observed on the existing river transportation corridor during a 20-year period. Secondary data was collected for population estimates, fatality and injury rates, while the rapid rural appraisal approach was used to access the traffic rates between each village subset. The results reveal that the construction of a geotextile ATV corridor in the Alaskan bush would prove to be an economically feasible transportation alternative. Article in Journal/Newspaper Kuskokwim Alaska OJS at Oregondigital.org (Oregon State University/University of Oregon) Journal of the Transportation Research Forum |
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This research explores the construction of a geotextile ATV corridor connecting two separate village subsets, Oscarville-Napakiak and Akiak-Akiachak, in the Kuskokwim River delta. Cost-benefit analysis was used to compare the costs of constructing a geotextile trail to the benefits derived from the reduction of injuries, fatalities, and fuel consumption observed on the existing river transportation corridor during a 20-year period. Secondary data was collected for population estimates, fatality and injury rates, while the rapid rural appraisal approach was used to access the traffic rates between each village subset. The results reveal that the construction of a geotextile ATV corridor in the Alaskan bush would prove to be an economically feasible transportation alternative. |
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An Ex-Ante Cost-Benefit Analysis of All-Terrain Vehicle Transportation Corridor in Southwest Alaska |
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An Ex-Ante Cost-Benefit Analysis of All-Terrain Vehicle Transportation Corridor in Southwest Alaska |
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An Ex-Ante Cost-Benefit Analysis of All-Terrain Vehicle Transportation Corridor in Southwest Alaska |
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An Ex-Ante Cost-Benefit Analysis of All-Terrain Vehicle Transportation Corridor in Southwest Alaska |
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An Ex-Ante Cost-Benefit Analysis of All-Terrain Vehicle Transportation Corridor in Southwest Alaska |
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ex-ante cost-benefit analysis of all-terrain vehicle transportation corridor in southwest alaska |
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