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Title:

Forecasting Federal Transportation Performance Management Bridge Condition Measures for Bridge Management

Accession Number:

01763725

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/03611981

Abstract:

Many common processes of bridge management can benefit from network-level analysis of long-term costs and condition, on a time frame of about 10 years. Such processes include development and implementation of Transportation Asset Management Plans, long-range needs analysis, capital budgeting and programming, and policy analysis. The ability to forecast federal Transportation Performance Management (TPM) condition measures would provide managers with a way of evaluating the possible outcomes of funding, programming, and policy decisions. A model for this purpose has been developed as a part of StruPlan, an open-source spreadsheet for long-range renewal planning for transportation structures. Element condition state data are found to be highly exponential in distribution, while the federal measures “Percent Good” and “Percent Poor” are categorical when applied to specific bridges. Element data, providing more detail about the type, severity, and extent of defects, are valuable for deterioration modeling, while the TPM measures are simpler for reporting to stakeholders. A set of models was developed to bridge the gap between these measures. Thus far, the models have been calibrated and pilot tested using Idaho, South Dakota, and Kentucky data. The model is a novel approach that has not been attempted elsewhere, that may simplify important parts of bridge management and provide some valuable new ideas for researchers and developers.

Supplemental Notes:

Once pilot testing is completed, the model will be available online at www.struplan.com as an Excel workbook file, a Users’ Manual, and supporting files. There is no charge under a BSD zero-clause open source license. © National Academy of Sciences: Transportation Research Board 2021.

Report/Paper Numbers:

TRBAM-21-00148

Language:

English

Authors:

Thompson, Paul D

Pagination:

pp 1287-1296

Publication Date:

2021-10

Serial:

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

Volume: 2675
Issue Number: 10
Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
ISSN: 0361-1981
EISSN: 2169-4052
Serial URL: http://journals.sagepub.com/home/trr

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References (18) ; Tables

Geographic Terms:

Idaho; Kentucky; South Dakota

Subject Areas:

Bridges and other structures; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 23 2020 11:10AM