Agent-Based Models of Highway Investment Processes: Forecasting Future Networks under Public and Private Ownership Regimes

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dc.contributor.advisorZhang, Leien_US
dc.contributor.authorYusufzyanova, Dilyaen_US
dc.contributor.departmentCivil Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-09T05:30:22Z
dc.date.available2013-04-09T05:30:22Z
dc.date.issued2012en_US
dc.description.abstractThe present highway funding system, especially fuel taxes, may become a less reliable revenue source in the future, while the transportation public agencies do not have sufficient financial resources needed to meet the increasing traffic demand. In the last two decades there has been increasing interest in utilizing private sector to develop, finance and operate new and existing roadways in the United States. While transportation privatization projects have shown signs of success, it is not always clear how to measure the true benefits associated with these projects for all stakeholders, including the public sector, the private sector and the public. "Win-win" privatization agreements are tricky to make due to conflicting nature of the various stakeholders involved. Therefore, there is a huge need to study the welfare impacts of various road privatization arrangements for the society as a whole, and the financial implications for private investors and public road authorities. In order to address these needs, first, an empirical analysis is performed to study the investment decision processes of public transportation agencies. Second, the agent-based decision-making model is developed to consider transportation investment processes at different levels of government which forecasts future transportation networks and their performance under both existing and alternative transportation planning processes. Third, various highway privatization schemes currently practiced in the U.S. are identified and an agent-based model for analyzing regulatory policies on private-sector transportation investments is developed. Fourth, the above mentioned models are demonstrated on the networks with grid and beltway topologies to study the impacts of topology configuration on the privatization arrangements. Based on the simulation results of developed models, a number of insights are provided about impacts of ownership structures on the socio-economic performance in transportation systems and transportation network changes over time. The proposed models and the approach can be used in long-run prediction of economic performance intended for describing a general methodology for transportation planning on large networks. Therefore, this research is expected to contribute significantly to the understanding and selecting proper road privatization programs on public networks.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/13860
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEngineeringen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEconomicsen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledFinanceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledinvestmenten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledmodelen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledmulti-agenten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledplanningen_US
dc.titleAgent-Based Models of Highway Investment Processes: Forecasting Future Networks under Public and Private Ownership Regimesen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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