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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) funded and marshaled collaboration among six national research centers and a pool of maintenance practitioners from several state departments of transportation (DOTs) to develop a functional prototype maintenance decision support system (MDSS). In an effort to practically apply the MDSS concept, a pooled-fund study (PFS), led by the South Dakota DOT and including eight other states along with Meridian Environmental Technology, has built on this effort by developing an operational MDSS that satisfies the needs for these states. Based on the PFS led by South Dakota DOT, this paper presents the analysis results of MDSS benefits and costs. The study first identifies the tangible and intangible benefits and costs associated with MDSS implementation. A simulation methodology is then developed in this study to quantify the benefits including resource savings, safety savings, and delay savings. Different simulation scenarios are proposed for the benefit–cost analysis, by using different levels of service and resource usages. Finally, the methodology is applied to multiple case study states, which represent different climates.

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MMC09-020

English

pp 229-243

2009-7

Transportation Research Circular

12th AASHTO-TRB Maintenance Management Conference

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Benefit cost analysis; Case studies; Climate; Decision support systems; Implementation; Maintenance management; Pooled funds; Simulation; Winter maintenance

Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS)

Administration and Management; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I10: Economics and Administration; I62: Winter Maintenance

TRIS, TRB

Aug 5 2009 12:43PM

• A Wireless Sensor for Monitoring Chloride Ingress in Concrete
• Asset Management Plan for the Ambassador Bridge
• Concrete Pavement Preservation and Rehabilitation to Meet Sustainability Demands
• Development of a Comprehensive Framework for the Efficiency Measurement of Road Maintenance Strategies Using Data Envelopment Analysis
• Implementation of a Pavement Preservation Program in Illinois
• Integrating Maintenance Management Systems with Maintenance Decision Support Systems
• Long-Term Performance of Failed Flexible Pavements Stabilized with Cement
• Management of Environmental Features and Assets
• Maximizing Resource Use to Meet the Maintenance Management Challenge: As Demonstrated by Traffic Signal Maintenance Management in the City of Norfolk, Virginia
• North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Performance-Based Contracting Experience in Charlotte
• Performance-Based Contracting—Yes or No: An In-Depth Analysis
• Solving Maintenance Issues in Design and Construction
• Transportation Supervisor Workforce Development for the North Carolina Department of Transportation
• Use and Cost–Benefit of Weather Information in Winter Maintenance
• Use of Monte Carlo Simulation to Evaluate the Kansas Department of Transportation's Maintenance Quality Assurance Program
• Use of PDAs to Capture Field Data for Input in North Carolina’s Maintenance Management System
• Variable Speed Limits Signs: Effects on Speed and Speed Variation in Work Zones