NETWORK-LEVEL APPLICATION OF ROADS ECONOMIC DECISION MODEL IN NICARAGUA

A network-level application of the Roads Economic Decision (RED) model in Nicaragua is presented. The RED model was developed by the World Bank to improve the decision-making process for development and maintenance of low-volume roads. The model adopts the consumer surplus approach to estimate transport benefits and is customized to the characteristics of low-volume roads, such as the high uncertainty in the assessment of the model inputs, the difficulties in characterizing the road condition of unpaved roads, and the need for a comprehensive analysis of generated traffic to clearly define all accrued benefits. The network-level application was designed to define a rational maintenance and improvement program for a network of secondary unpaved roads with particular attention to the alternative of improving the network by surfacing roads with concrete blocks and to include in the decision-making process not only economic considerations but also poverty indicators and priorities perceived by local administrators.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.3141/1819a-11
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1819, Volume 1, Eighth International Conference on Low-Volume Roads 2003.
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• Authors:
  • Archondo-Callao, R
  • Talavera, D M
  • Zeas, L C
• Conference:
  • Eighth International Conference on Low-Volume Roads
  • Location: Reno, Nevada
  • Date: 2003-6-22 to 2003-6-25
• Publication Date: 2003

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 67-73
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1819
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete blocks; Consumers surplus; Decision making; Economics; Low income groups; Low volume roads; Maintenance; Mathematical models; Road construction; Secondary roads; Strategic planning; Unpaved roads
• Identifier Terms: World Bank
• Geographic Terms: Nicaragua
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00942470
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309077486
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: May 7 2003 12:00AM