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... This report is designed to aid states by laying the foundation required to build on current thought and improve current HCAS methods. This report addresses numerous issues, including which states have completed cost allocation studies, the conceptual basis of HCAS methods, methods used to allocate the costs associated with many highway program elements, methods for revenue attribution, and emerging HCAS issues.
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... ; – FHWA's development of NAPCOM into a model that can be relatively easily applied in state HCASs; – FHWA's development of generalized state HCAS software building on the results of the 1997 Federal HCAS and 1999 Oregon HCAS; – As part of the FHWA software development effort, the development of documentation for analyses needed for inputs to the software for state HCASs; – Vermont's successful use of the FHWA State HCAS Model and documentation with minimal outside consultant effort; – Oregon's continued evaluation of numerous HCAS issues in the issue papers supporting its HCAS and its continued exploration of performing a full cost-based allocation study where instead of allocating expenditures, the costs that are imposed on the system are directly allocated to highway user classes; and – FHWA's continuing refinement of data collection programs by the states as a cooperative effort, resulting in better comparability of data among the states. • Historically, there has been a surge in the number of HCASs conducted at the state level immediately following the completion of federal HCASs.
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