URBAN ROADS

MAINTENANCE EXPENDITURES ON UNCLASSIFIED URBAN ROADS ARE DISCUSSED. MAINTENANCE COSTS SHOULD BE RELATED TO TRAFFIC FLOW AND SOME INFORMATION IS GIVEN ON THE TRAFFIC FLOW ON THIS CLASS OF ROAD AND THE RELATION BETWEEN THE FLOW OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AND THE FLOW OF ALL CLASSES OF VEHICLES. REFERENCE IS MADE TO THE PROBLEM OF DEVISING A STANDARD FORM OF COSTING. AS AN EXAMPLE ON WHICH SUBSEQUENT DISCUSSION IS BASED, DETAILS ARE GIVEN OF THE EXPENDITURE IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF ENFIELD WHERE THE COST OF ROAD MAINTENANCE APPROACHES $4,000 PER MILE. THE MAIN ELEMENTS OF MAINTENANCE ARE EXAMINED AND AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO DEFINE CERTAIN STANDARDS. SOME EXAMPLES OF IMPROVEMENT IN PRODUCTIVITY FOLLOWING WORK STUDY ARE GIVEN TOGETHER WITH AN ESTIMATE OF THE AMOUNT REQUIRED PER MILE FOR SATISFACTORY MAINTENANCE. /RRL(A)/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • pp 13-21, 5 TAB, 10 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Highway Engineers

  3 Lygon Place, Ebury Street
  London SW1,   England 
• Authors:
  • Ladly, F E
• Publication Date: 1969-12

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commercial vehicles; Highway maintenance; Maintenance management; Traffic flow; Urban highways; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Maintenance costs
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00218368
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Road Research Laboratory /UK
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 15 1971 12:00AM