Techniques for Manually Estimating Road User Costs Associated with Construction Projects

The objectives of this research study are: 1) to develop a manual technique for determining RUC for typical added-capacity and highway rehabilitation projects; 2) to develop implementation guidelines that define the appropriate technique, given the project type, for calculating RUC and determining the ultimate value to be used for contracting purposes; 3) to review and evaluate the value of time used by TxDOT in determining delay savings and recommend appropriate values to use in RUC calculations; and 4) to review and evaluate the practice of discounting of RUC values to 25 percent.