The Management of Highway Infrastructure Rehabilitation: A Forward Look

The 1980s and 1990s are expected to be a time of significant change in the planning and management of transportation infrastructure. There will be a high demand for renewing the facilities that were built back in the 1950s and 1960s along with the effects of severe resource constraints. These conditions are pronounced for highways in Canada and The U.S. Due to rapid expansion of the highway network two to three decades ago, the need to rehabilitate a mature system is projected to peak within a decade. Also, due to the pervasiveness of highway transportation and the extensiveness of the network, financial requirements are expected to be high. The objective of this paper is to take a forward look at defining future requirements and suggest innovative concepts and methods for the efficient management of highway infrastructure rehabilitation. The perspective is taken of an organization that has to satisfy the increasing future transportation demands placed on the highway network under fiscal resource constraints. Conceptual and methodological improvements are described which are aimed at efficiency in operation, administration, fiscal resources and program management.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of British Columbia, Vancouver

  Centre for Transportation Studies
  Vancouver, British Columbia  Canada  V6T 1W5
• Authors:
  • Khan, Ata M
  • LaFontaine, P
• Conference:
  • Research for Tomorrow's Transport Requirements. Proceedings of the Fourth World Conference on Transport Research
  • Location: Vancouver British Columbia, Canada
  • Date: 1986-5-0 to 1986-5-0
• Publication Date: 1986

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 459-
• Monograph Title: Research for Tomorrow’s Transport Requirements

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway maintenance; Improvements; Infrastructure; Interstate highways; Management; Rehabilitation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Highway expansion; Road networks; Transportation infrastructure
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; I60: Maintenance; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01082518
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 18 2007 11:29AM