ROAD USER COST MODELS FOR NETWORK-LEVEL PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT

Life-cycle cost analysis (LCCA) of pavements is a process for evaluating total economic worth of a usable project segment by analyzing initial costs and discounted future costs, such as those for maintenance, reconstruction, rehabilitation, and resurfacing. One of the most important ingredients in the LCCA process, at either a network level or a project level, is the determination of road user cost (RUC) during maintenance and rehabilitation operations. RUC models are also important in contracting strategies, which take into account time for a project to be completed for award and payment. Methods used to date to determine RUC are exclusively analytical in nature. Microscopic estimates of traffic are used to determine RUC. CORSIM, a microscopic traffic simulation program developed by the Federal Highway Administration, was used for this research. Models for additional travel time, added fuel consumption, and RUC for standard two-to-one lane closure scenarios are presented.

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  https://doi.org/10.3141/1699-07
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  • This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1699, Pavement Management and Monitoring.
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• Authors:
  • Vadakpat, G
  • Stoffels, S
  • Dixon, K
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 49-57
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1699
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Fuel consumption; Lane closure; Life cycle costing; Mathematical models; Pavement maintenance; Pavement management systems; Rehabilitation (Maintenance); Traffic estimation; Traffic simulation; Travel time; Travelers
• Identifier Terms: CORSIM (Traffic simulation model)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road user costs
• Subject Areas: Design; Energy; Finance; Highways; Pavements; Society; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00798874
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309066778
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 7 2000 12:00AM