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  • An economic evaluation of logging road maintenance

    Creator:
    Feeney, Daniel John
    Abstract:
    This thesis describes the results of a project conducted to determine the economics of forest road maintenance alternatives between periods of timber harvesting. An open road and a closed road alternative will be compared to the economics of clearcutting an entire area and obliterating the road system until reentry at...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis

  • Contemporary forest road management with economic and environmental objectives

    Creator:
    Thompson, Matthew P.
    Abstract:
    One of the basic questions facing transportation planners and road managers is how to provide and maintain a road system that provides efficient access to the forest while limiting adverse effects roads can have on water and soil resources. The purpose of this study is to develop decision support models...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
    Full Text:
    Engineering presented on March 19, 2009. Title: Contemporary Forest Road Management with Economic and

  • Economic Analysis of A Road Usage Charge

    Creator:
    Ke, Yue
    Abstract:
    This study evaluates the distributional impacts of an alternative public roads finance method, a road usage charge (RUC) fee, on lower income households and rural households in Oregon. While previous research has relied on the 2001 and 2009 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS), this research will uses the 2011-2013 Oregon...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    Economic Analysis of a Road Usage Charge AN ABSTRACT

  • The review of PPP toll roads in the US and the simulation of the Chicago Skyway

    Creator:
    Xu, Wei
    Abstract:
    As the traffic demand increases at a faster rate than the upgrade and maintenance of transportation facilities through the traditional public financing methods in the United States, the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) is becoming an important supplement to the public transportation infrastructure investment. There are already several existing PPP toll road...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    increases at a faster rate than the upgrade and maintenance of transportation facilities through the

  • Rivers and Roads : Exploring How Environmental Governance Impacts State Management of Forest Roads

    Creator:
    Detwiler, Stacey M.
    Abstract:
    This study explores how environmental governance mechanisms affect state management of forest roads to address the chronic delivery of sediment to streams in Oregon, Washington, and California on private and state forestlands. Forest roads can degrade water quality and harm aquatic life when runoff mobilizes fine sediments from the road...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    the purposes of this research, a “forest road” refers to active and inactive roads as defined by the