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Title: COST-BENEFIT HIGHWAY PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE
Accession Number: 00815872
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: Many methods used in highway maintenance plans are complex, and agencies often exclude components related to user costs in the work zone (such as vehicle operating costs, delay costs, and crash costs) when making project improvement decisions. Highway users are taxpayers, and considering the user costs in project rehabilitation, resurfacing, and reconstruction provides the greatest return on project tax dollars spent. A simple five-step procedure that includes user work zone costs in the selection of highway maintenance projects has been developed and applied to the city of Gainesville, Florida, roadway improvement network projects: (1) collect distress data, (2) prepare inventory forms for the roadway networks, (3) prepare a maintenance cost plan, (4) prepare priority rankings for project improvements, and (5) select and implement project rehabilitation on the basis of priority ranking. These five steps assist highway agencies (public works officials and highway engineers) in simplifying maintenance programs in light of limited funding and help agencies choose priorities for highway maintenance funding for projects.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1749, Maintenance of Transportation Pavements and Structures.
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Najafi, F TParedes B, VPagination: p. 22-27
Publication Date: 2001
Serial: ISBN: 0309072093
Features: Figures
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; References
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I60: Maintenance
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Aug 23 2001 12:00AM
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