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Title: COSTS AND BENEFITS OF AUTOMATED ROAD MAINTENANCE
Accession Number: 00641431
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: Because of increasing maintenance demands and the increasing impact of maintenance operations on users, there is a tremendous need to improve maintenance technology. By improving maintenance technology, the direct costs of maintenance operations and the related user costs can be reduced. Automation technology for reducing such costs is examined. Specifically, 22 automated systems in road maintenance are identified that are used for defect surveys, traffic control, defect treatment, and other supportive activities. These systems demonstrate that automation technology is technically feasible and that it could meet the needs for technological advancements in road maintenance. The study also illustrated that automated maintenance can be economically feasible. For example, one economic analysis of crack sealing shows that it could save at least $3 million/year nationwide in operations costs. However, the corresponding potential to reduce user costs by minimizing the interference of maintenance operations with traffic is even greater. Future development of maintenance technologies should therefore focus primarily on reducing user costs as well as operations costs.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1406, Construction Robotics and Automation, and Foundations Engineering. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
Monograph Title: Construction robotics and automation, and foundations engineering Monograph Accession #: 01403255
Language: English
Authors: Hsieh, Ting-YaHaas, Carl TPagination: p. 10-19
Publication Date: 1993
Serial: ISBN: 0309055539
Features: Figures
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; References
(33)
; Tables
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Jan 25 1994 12:00AM
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