The Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA) sponsored this R&D Planning Project to develop an improved return on the investment in rail and construction technology research and development. The objective of the project is to apply existing industrial technology toward reducing the operating and capital costs of rail transit systems. To assist in the evaluation, a data base, generated primarily from published data, was used for estimating the present capital and operating costs of various transit system elements. An evaluation model was developed which considered the rate of deployment of the research and development project, potential benefits, development time, and cost. An outline of an evaluation methodology that considered benefits other than capital and operating cost savings was also presented.


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    Title :

    Methodology for Urban Rail and Construction Technology Research and Development Planning


    Contributors:
    L. D. Rubenstein (author) / J. E. Land (author) / G. Deshpande (author) / B. Dayman (author) / E. H. Warren (author)

    Publication date :

    1980


    Size :

    164 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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