An Information System Promoting the Development of the Management Strategy of Road Assets

Responding to the needs of users while ensuring the preservation of its assets within the framework of a restricted budget : this is the aim set by the road network managers. To successfully fulfill this objective, they need efficient and evolutive tools and methods to assist in management, evaluation and maintenance. Mandated by the SETRA (Service d'Etudes Techniques des Routes et Autoroutes – Technical Research Service of Roads and Highways) and the DGR (Direction Générale des Routes – Road Transport General Management office) to design a new computer system to manage France’s national road network, the CETE Méditerranée has conducted a series of studies on a functional, organizational and technical level so that managers can have software tools equipped with all the necessary requirements at their disposal. This report addresses the solutions chosen to give this system the necessary capabilities and flexibility required : (1) A digital representation of the network in which the components of the assets can be geographically or linearly positioned; (2) An asset data base which offers the manager an objective, global and updated view of his network; (3) The integration (in the information system) of software using tested management techniques; (4) A data history management device which ensures that the successive states of the components of the assets will be preserved over time, and which allows the manager to study their evolution.

• Corporate Authors:

  World Road Association (PIARC)

  La Grande Arche, Paroi Nord, Niveau 5
  F-92055 La Defense Cedex,   France 
• Authors:
  • Palfart, J
  • Lassalle, M
  • Pola, P Boggio
• Conference:
  • Choice for Sustainable Development. Pre-Proceedings of the 23rd PIARRC World Road Congress
  • Location: Paris , France
  • Date: 2007-9-17 to 2007-9-21
• Publication Date: 2007

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 14p
• Monograph Title: The Choice for Sustainable Development. Pre-Proceedings of the 23rd PIARC World Road Congress

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asset management; Assets; Data collection; Databases; Flexibility; Information systems
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks; Traffic network
• Geographic Terms: France
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01081136
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 26 2007 9:55AM