THE ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVE MAINTENANCE AND RECONSTRUCTION STRATEGIES

The purpose of this discussion note is to consider the selection of an appropriate maintenance/re-construction strategy. In an ideal world the relationships between the inputs to a road (by way of initial construction and subsequent maintenance work) and the condition of that road, and also between road condition and road user outputs (by way of safety, speed of travel and vehicle operating costs), would be known making the analysis of alternative strategies reasonably straight forward. In the real world things are far from perfect and, therefore, we must consider the situation where the basic relationships are not known with certainty. (Author/TRRL)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Workshop on the Economics of Road Design Standards, Canberra 18-20 May 1980 Papers.
• Corporate Authors:

  Bureau of Transport Economics, Australia

  Allara Street
  Canberra City, A.C.T. 2601,   Australia 
• Authors:
  • LANE, J E
• Publication Date: 1980-5

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 20 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Alternatives analysis; Conferences; Costs; Highway maintenance; Highway operations; Maintenance; Methodology; Planning; Reconstruction; Repairing; Surfaces; Travelers; Workshops
• Uncontrolled Terms: Highway administration; Repairs
• Old TRIS Terms: Strategy
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 224: Cost; 3847: Maintenance; 9102: Method; 143: Planning; 3635: Repair; 1755: Road user; 6438: Surface
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00329586
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 21 1981 12:00AM