The Advanced cruise-assist Highway System (AHS) has various aspects of decision making of implementation, such as the service level, functions of AHS, lane type (dedicated lane or mixed lane), rate of diffusion, and so forth. Social and economic analyses such as a needs survey, a cost benefit analysis, etc. are essential for preparing a plan to introduce AHS. Among them, cost benefit analysis is a useful analytic tool for evaluating the performance of a system and preparing a scenario to introduce and develop a system. This report identifies the relations between the functions and performance of AHS, sets the axes of evaluation of AHS, prepares quantifying models of performance, and conducts an economic analysis of the AHS concept in Japan.
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