Incorporating Sustainability into Pavement Asset Management: Application to an Urban Network

Pavement assets play a crucial role in the development of society, being the backbone of socio-economic development but also a key contributor to climate change. Despite their importance, available funds for their maintenance are often insufficient, leading to their rapid deterioration. In order to assist agencies in decision-making, pavement asset management systems include a set of tools to support agencies in the decision on which infrastructure of a network should be preserved, maintained and/or rehabilitated. However, the evaluation of these networks has traditionally focused on economic and technical aspects. Considering that transportation infrastructure impacts directly on the evolution of social and natural environments, management of these assets needs to be sustainable. This article proposes a methodology for the sustainable management of Pavement assets, by integrating technical, economic, environmental, social and political aspects in the Life Cycle-Assessment of a network. The methodology proposes a framework that integrates these aspects in the various components and processes considered in a management system. The methodology incorporates a Geographic Information System as the main platform to pursue the socio-political analysis based on geographical referencing of formalized variables. The proposed framework is applied to an illustrative example dealing with the management of an urban pavement network in Santiago, Chile. Outcomes of the case study demonstrate that it is possible to integrate sustainable aspects, despite their diverse nature, in a management system supported by a Geographic Information System.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADD40 Standing Committee on Transportation and Sustainability.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Torres-Machi, Cristina
  • Osorio, Aleli
  • Godoy, Pablo
  • Chamorro, Alondra
  • Mourgues, Claudio
  • Videla, Carlos
  • Tighe, Susan
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2016-1-10 to 2016-1-14
• Date: 2016

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 17p
• Monograph Title: TRB 95th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asset management; Case studies; Evaluation; Geographic information systems; Life cycle analysis; Methodology; Pavement management systems; Sustainable development; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: Santiago (Chile)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; I60: Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01589909
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 16-6277
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 8 2016 10:32AM