HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE--A PACKAGE OF INFORMATION

The data necessary for a computerized information system to facilitate timely, systematic and economical road maintenance within a given jurisdiction are listed: an uniform and comprehensive coding system whereby each road and each 0.5 kilometer segment thereof has a unique designation to be used by everyone putting information into the system; deflectograph and SCRIM (Sideways-force Coefficient Routine Investigation Machine) road condition data from surveys taken at regular intervals; accident records; and a rating system employing a combination of priority and road condition criteria of varying degrees of specificity depending on the financial resources available.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • PTRC Summer Annual Meeting, University of Warwick, England, June 27-30, 1977.
• Corporate Authors:

  Planning and Transport Res and Computation Co Ltd

  109 Bedford Chambers, 4 King Street
  London,   England 
• Authors:
  • Senior, G M
• Publication Date: 1977-6

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 15 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coding systems; Crash reports; Deflectographs; Highway maintenance; Information processing; Information systems; Maintenance management; Strategic planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Criteria; Data
• Old TRIS Terms: Coding
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00170399
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Preprint
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 3 1978 12:00AM