A PROCEDURE TO PREDICT MAINTENANCE COSTS FOR HIGHWAY SYSTEMS
HIGHWAY SYSTEMS ARE BECOMING THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT OF EACH STATE, AND IN THE PAST THREE DECADES THE COSTS OF MAINTAINING THESE SYSTEMS HAVE TRIPLED. SOME STATISTICAL METHOD OF PREDICTING THE TOTAL MAINTENANCE COST OF A ROADWAY SYSTEM IS NECESSARY. THE PURPOSE OF THIS RESEARCH WAS TO DEVELOP A PROCEDURE TO PREDICT AND TO EVALUATE THE MANY CHARACTERISTICS INVOLVED IN THE TOTAL MAINENANCE COSTS FOR CONCRETE ROADWAYS IN SOUTH LOUISIANA. AN ORIGINAL STUDY CONDUCTED ON PURELY HISTORICAL DATA REVEALED THAT THE FIVE MAIN-EFFECT VARIABLES WHICH ACCOUNT FOR MOST OF THE VARIATION IN MAINTENANCE COSTS ARE SURFACE WIDTH, RIGHT-OF-WAY WIDTH, TRAFFIC VOLUME, SUBSOIL CONDITION, AND SURFACE CONDITION. THE TECHNIQUE USED TO ARRIVE AT A PREDICTOR MODEL WAS THE WEIGHTED REGRESSION ANALYSIS PROGRAM, WHICH PERFORMS THE REGRESSION FOR ALL VARIABLES AND THEN ELIMINATES VARIABLES, ONE AT A TIME, IN DESCENDING ORDER OF SIGNIFICANCE. /AUTHOR/
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Authors:
- Mann, L
- Publication Date: 1965
Media Info
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Serial:
- Engineering Research Bulletin
- Publisher: Rutgers University, New Brunswick
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Concrete pavements; Highway maintenance; Maintenance management; Pavement maintenance; Pavements; Regression analysis; Statistical analysis; Subsoil; Texture; Traffic volume; Width
- Uncontrolled Terms: Maintenance costs; Right of way
- Old TRIS Terms: Pavement width
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Economics; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00201752
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Traffic Systems Reviews & Abstracts
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 14 2003 12:00AM