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Jan 02, 2025
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2011-2013 Catalog (without addenda) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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TR 6213 Transportation Economics and Finance3 Credits
This course provides the basic principles of engineering economic analysis and their application to transportation projects. Half of the course covers the concepts of present worth, capital recovery, sinking funds and annual cost applied to economic comparisons and evaluations of alternatives. The second half of the course delves into financing transportation and how government policy on transportation affects the economy and environs at the local, state and federal levels. Historical perspectives on the financing of highway systems, public transportation systems and transportation agencies are presented. Other subjects include privatization, innovative financing methods, business plans.
Prerequisite(s): TR 6013 or permission of adviser
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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