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Title: ROAD USER COST MODELS FOR NETWORK-LEVEL PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT
Accession Number: 00798874
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: 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.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1699, Pavement Management and Monitoring.
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Vadakpat, GStoffels, SDixon, KPagination: p. 49-57
Publication Date: 2000
Serial: ISBN: 0309066778
Features: References
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TRT Terms: Identifier Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Subject Areas: Design; Energy; Finance; Highways; Pavements; Society; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Sep 7 2000 12:00AM
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