Local Road Surface Selection Tool

With over 90,000 miles of roadway classified as local roadways (county and township) in the state of North Dakota, local road quality has a large impact on commodity movement, safety, and the quality of life for its residents and visitors. Local road managers have long faced the difficulties of properly managing low-to-medium volume county gravel roadways as traffic volumes and conditions change. Outside pressures rather than sound economic factors often drive the decisions on the various surface treatment options available. The surface selection tool developed by the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute (UGPTI) provides a means for local roadway managers to develop an economic basis to make the best treatment option decisions possible. This selection tool was developed by UGPTI based on previous work by the South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) and the South Dakota Local Transportation Assistance Program (SDLTAP). With this background and input from NDLTAP, North Dakota Association of Counties, and North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) Local Government Division, UGPTI was able to develop an online, web-based decision tool to help determine the most economical way to manage low-volume roadways based on traffic, local maintenance practices, and construction costs. This report will outline the development of the tool, how to use the tool, how the program adapts to additional information provided by the user base, and areas of further development for the tool.

• Record URL:
  http://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/downloads/dp-293.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

  North Dakota State University
  1320 Albrecht Boulevard
  Fargo, ND  United States  581052

  North Dakota Department of Transportation

  Bismarck, ND  United States  58505

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Wrucke, Andrew
  • Wentz, Brad
  • Vachal, Kimberly
• Publication Date: 2017-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Technical Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 86p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer program documentation; Costs; Decision support systems; Economic factors; Gravel roads; Low volume roads; Surface treating; Web applications
• Geographic Terms: North Dakota
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01635059
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Department Publication No. 293
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: May 22 2017 2:46PM