01662730

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https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198118781147

Over the last decade, significant progress has been made to customize the maintenance policies of low-volume roads (LVRs) to local needs and available resources. Low-cost treatments and surface repairs are extensively employed to reduce annual maintenance costs. Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) uses chip seals and thin overlays as the available treatment options applied to LVRs. However, the effectiveness of these treatments differs depending on the existing condition of pavements. Some surface treatments and light rehabilitations provide only short-term effectiveness. Multi-year optimization techniques can support decision makers with a set of optimal maintenance activities to achieve specific pavement performance targets. This study applies large-scale optimization to compare the current CDOT maintenance policy with an alternative strategy recommended for low-volume paved roads in Colorado. Genetic algorithms were applied in the optimization models because they are capable of resolving the computational complexity of optimization problems in a timely fashion. The optimized maintenance alternatives were comprehensively investigated for a LVR network in Colorado over a specific planning horizon. The specific optimization constraints and limitations prevailing in LVRs are addressed and introduced in the problem formulation of the optimization process. The results of both performance and cost analysis emphasize the effectiveness of the proposed maintenance strategy compared with the existing one. The alternative policy provides much more benefit-cost saving while preserving the overall pavement performance of the network. This approach is expected to be efficient to quantify the mid- and long-term financial impact of different treatment policies applied to LVRs within modest resources.

18-01478

English

pp 205-215

2018-12

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

Digital/other

Figures (6) ; References (23) ; Tables (3)

Alternatives analysis; Artificial intelligence; Evaluation; Genetic algorithms; Highway maintenance; Low volume roads; Optimization; Pavement maintenance; Pavement management systems; Pavements

Colorado Department of Transportation

Colorado

Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jan 8 2018 10:22AM

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