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From page 50... ... NCHRP Project 03-110: Estimating the Life-Cycle Cost of Intersection Designs Final Report Page 44 Chapter 3 – A Guided Tour of the LCCET CHAPTER 3 A GUIDED TOUR OF THE LIFECYCLE COST ESTIMATION TOOL This chapter provides a guide to using the Life-Cycle Cost Estimation Tool (LCCET) Read the entire page →
From page 51... ... NCHRP Project 03-110: Estimating the Life-Cycle Cost of Intersection Designs Final Report Chapter 3 – A Guided Tour of the LCCET Page 45 that various inputs are in a consistent format. This contains default values for demand profiles, which may be overridden by the user. Read the entire page →
From page 52... ... NCHRP Project 03-110: Estimating the Life-Cycle Cost of Intersection Designs Final Report Page 46 Chapter 3 – A Guided Tour of the LCCET 3.1.2. USING THE LCCET The following is a brief overview on how to use the LCCET: 1. Read the entire page →
From page 53... ... NCHRP Project 03-110: Estimating the Life-Cycle Cost of Intersection Designs Final Report Chapter 3 – A Guided Tour of the LCCET Page 47 Figure 3-1. Introduction worksheet 3.2.2. Read the entire page →
From page 54... ... NCHRP Project 03-110: Estimating the Life-Cycle Cost of Intersection Designs Final Report Page 48 Chapter 3 – A Guided Tour of the LCCET • CostParameters • GHG.Costs • DemandParameters These worksheets provide information that is used to estimate the costs for all alternatives. Each parameters worksheet provides default values based on national data, but the user may override these values. Read the entire page →
From page 55... ... NCHRP Project 03-110: Estimating the Life-Cycle Cost of Intersection Designs Final Report Chapter 3 – A Guided Tour of the LCCET Page 49 value of the hourly wage rate (18) Read the entire page →
From page 56... ... NCHRP Project 03-110: Estimating the Life-Cycle Cost of Intersection Designs Final Report Page 50 Chapter 3 – A Guided Tour of the LCCET Figure 3-4. Greenhouse gas costs worksheet 3.3.3. Read the entire page →
From page 57... ... NCHRP Project 03-110: Estimating the Life-Cycle Cost of Intersection Designs Final Report Chapter 3 – A Guided Tour of the LCCET Page 51 convert Average Annual Daily Traffic (AADT) input by the user to hourly demands. Read the entire page →
From page 58... ... NCHRP Project 03-110: Estimating the Life-Cycle Cost of Intersection Designs Final Report Page 52 Chapter 3 – A Guided Tour of the LCCET operations analysis. If the adjustment is applied by selecting "yes" in the box, the table shows the results of the adjustment. Read the entire page →
From page 59... ... NCHRP Project 03-110: Estimating the Life-Cycle Cost of Intersection Designs Final Report Chapter 3 – A Guided Tour of the LCCET Page 53 But, in each case where an alternative has an end year that is different from other alternatives, demands must be provided for the end year for that alternative. Demands may optionally be specified for one or more interim years between the beginning and end year. Read the entire page →
From page 60... ... NCHRP Project 03-110: Estimating the Life-Cycle Cost of Intersection Designs Final Report Page 54 Chapter 3 – A Guided Tour of the LCCET 3.4. Read the entire page →
From page 61... ... NCHRP Project 03-110: Estimating the Life-Cycle Cost of Intersection Designs Final Report Chapter 3 – A Guided Tour of the LCCET Page 55 2. Define a short name for the alternative in Column B of the worksheet. Read the entire page →
From page 62... ... NCHRP Project 03-110: Estimating the Life-Cycle Cost of Intersection Designs Final Report Page 56 Chapter 3 – A Guided Tour of the LCCET A detail of the user inputs worksheet is shown in Figure 3-10. The following are the user input sections, discussed separately below: Figure 3-10. Read the entire page →
From page 63... ... NCHRP Project 03-110: Estimating the Life-Cycle Cost of Intersection Designs Final Report Chapter 3 – A Guided Tour of the LCCET Page 57 • Opening year: The year the alternative begins operation. • End year: The horizon year for the analysis of the alternative. Read the entire page →
From page 64... ... NCHRP Project 03-110: Estimating the Life-Cycle Cost of Intersection Designs Final Report Page 58 Chapter 3 – A Guided Tour of the LCCET Figure 3-12. Alternative worksheet, user inputs: planning and construction costs Operating and maintenance costs Operating and maintenance costs are specified in the user inputs section shown in Figure 3-13. Read the entire page →
From page 65... ... NCHRP Project 03-110: Estimating the Life-Cycle Cost of Intersection Designs Final Report Chapter 3 – A Guided Tour of the LCCET Page 59 Salvage values of components of a project may be entered into the "Operating & maintenance costs" section of the worksheet as follows. For each component that will have a salvage value at the end of the project lifetime: 1. Read the entire page →
From page 66... ... NCHRP Project 03-110: Estimating the Life-Cycle Cost of Intersection Designs Final Report Page 60 Chapter 3 – A Guided Tour of the LCCET emphasis as a performance measure by federal and state agencies. The worksheet provides for valuing travel time reliability if the agency currently uses reliability as a performance measure. Read the entire page →
From page 67... ... NCHRP Project 03-110: Estimating the Life-Cycle Cost of Intersection Designs Final Report Chapter 3 – A Guided Tour of the LCCET Page 61 Figure 3-17. Alternative worksheet: summary NPV table Costs are provided only for those categories in which the user provides entries. Read the entire page →
From page 68... ... NCHRP Project 03-110: Estimating the Life-Cycle Cost of Intersection Designs Final Report Page 62 Chapter 3 – A Guided Tour of the LCCET Figure 3-18. Outputs worksheet overview Results are displayed for all alternatives side by side in tabular and graphical format. Read the entire page →
From page 69... ... NCHRP Project 03-110: Estimating the Life-Cycle Cost of Intersection Designs Final Report Chapter 3 – A Guided Tour of the LCCET Page 63 Figure 3-20. Outputs worksheet: net present value of benefits relative to base case For this analysis, net benefits are considered to be reductions in the following types of costs relative to the base case: • Travel time costs • Travel time reliability costs • Crash costs • Emissions costs This table also shows several summary measures: • Net present value of benefits: Total net present value of benefits compared to the base case. Read the entire page →
From page 70... ... NCHRP Project 03-110: Estimating the Life-Cycle Cost of Intersection Designs Final Report Page 64 Chapter 3 – A Guided Tour of the LCCET Figure 3-21. Outputs worksheet: net present value of total costs graph 3.6. Read the entire page →
From page 71... ... NCHRP Project 03-110: Estimating the Life-Cycle Cost of Intersection Designs Final Report Chapter 3 – A Guided Tour of the LCCET Page 65 • A warning message will be displayed in one of the worksheet cells. Fixing the error will cause the message to disappear. Read the entire page →

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... NCHRP Project 03-110: Estimating the Life-Cycle Cost of Intersection Designs Final Report Page 44 Chapter 3 – A Guided Tour of the LCCET CHAPTER 3 A GUIDED TOUR OF THE LIFECYCLE COST ESTIMATION TOOL This chapter provides a guide to using the Life-Cycle Cost Estimation Tool (LCCET)