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A common thought throughout the papers and discussions was that engineers must design low-volume roads from a point of view different from that used in the design of high-volume roads. A primary concern was that techniques should be developed for designing low-wolume facilities with a minimum of effort and, certainly, in most cases with the use of most meager data. Computers can be used to great advantage in designing all classes of roads, including those that carry low traffic volumes. A major theme presented at the workshop was the need to concentrate on the matter of economics. Throughout the sessions, the concept of design by using simplified but reasonable techniques constantly reappeared. Economic and environmental considerations make it imperative for the engineer to assume concomitant constraints in design. Most discussions dealt with the need for continued research in the area of low-volume roads. It was emphasized and reemphasized that low-volume roads are unique. They require design concepts that are at variance in certain respects with design of high-volume facilities. Seventy-five percent of the roadways in the nation can be characterized as low-volume roads, and the need to revitalize this long-neglected system is ever increasing while the funds and resources for doing so are decreasing. Criteria for design appropriate to the restraints need to be developed. The consensus of the Workshop on Low-Volume Roads was that a continuing activity should be undertaken by the Transportation Research Board with the objectives of developing information, providing an information exchange forum, and disseminating the findings in such a manner as to be most productive toweard an early solution to this pressing problem.

Proceedings of a work shop held June 16-19, 1975, in Boise, Idaho by the Transportation Research Board.

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Computer programs; Design methods; Economic factors; Information dissemination; Low volume roads; Research

Data and Information Technology; Design; Economics; Highways; Research

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Feb 1 1977 12:00AM

• A METHOD OF FIELD DESIGN APPLIED TO FOREST ROADS
• A NEW APPROACH TO HIGHWAY DRAINAGE DESIGN
• A PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT CONCEPT FOR LOW-VOLUME ROADS
• A PROPOSED APPROACH TO SETTING ROAD MAINTENANCE LEVELS FOR FOREST ROADS
• AN INVESTIGATION INTO ROAD DETERIORATION IN KENYA
• ANALYTICAL PLANNING TECHNIQUES FOR NATIONAL FOREST ROADS
• CRITERIA FOR SEALING OR OTHER SURFACE MAINTENANCE ON BITUMINOUS ROADS
• DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND PERFORMANCE OF A FOREST SERVICE ASPHALT-STABILIZED SAND TEST ROAD
• DILEMMAS IN THE ADMINISTRATION, PLANNING, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE OF LOW-VOLUME ROADS
• Economical Structures for Low-Volume Roads
• EXPERIENCE WITH THE BENKELMAN BEAM ON CANADIAN FOREST ROADS
• FOREST ROAD CLASSIFICATION IN EASTERN CANADA
• HIGHWAY DESIGN STANDARDS STUDY
• IMPACTS OF HIGH-INTENSITY RAINSTORMS ON LOW-VOLUME ROADS AND ADJACENT LAND
• INVESTIGATION OF PRECAST AND PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BRIDGE FOR LOW-VOLUME ROADS
• INVESTIGATION OF VEHICLE OPERATION COSTS IN KENYA
• LOAD-SUPPORTING CAPABILITY OF LOW-VOLUME ROADS
• LOW-VOLUME ROAD PAVEMENTS
• MANAGING A 200,000-MILE ROAD SYSTEM: OPPORTUNITY AND CHALLENGE
• METHODOLOGY FOR ESTABLISHING THE ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF LOW- VOLUME ROADS
• METHODS FOR ESTIMATING TRAFFIC VOLUMES AND COMPOSITION ON NATIONAL FOREST ROADS
• MILITARY INTEREST IN LOW-VOLUME ROADS
• MINUTEMAN ACCESS ROADS
• MODERN COUNTY ROAD SYSTEMS
• NEW DESIGN METHOD FOR SECONDARY AND SUBDIVISION ROADS IN VIRGINIA BASED ON THICKNESS EQUIVALENCY VALUES
• OPTIMAL POLICIES FOR TRANSPORTING ROCK AGGREGATE TO LOW- VOLUME ROADS
• PAVEMENT DESIGN ON LATERITIC CLAYS: IFE-BENIN CITY NIGERIA, TRUNK ROAD REHABILITATION PROJECT
• RETAINING WALL PRACTICE AND SELECTION FOR LOW-VOLUME FOREST ROADS
• ROADS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
• SIMPLIFIED SLOPE DESIGN FOR LOW-STANDARD ROADS IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS
• SOIL-LIME MIXTURES FOR CONSTRUCTION OF FINE-GRAINED SOIL PAVEMENTS
• STATE OF THE ART OF EMULSION PAVEMENTS IN REGION G OF THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE
• TECHNIQUES FOR MEASURING VEHICLE OPERATING COST AND ROAD DETERIORATION PARAMETERS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
• THE FOREST SERVICE'S COMPUTER-AIDED ROAD DESIGN SYSTEM
• THE KENYA ROAD TRANSPORT INVESTMENT MODEL
• TIMBER CRIB RETAINING STRUCTURES
• TOPOMETRICS: A SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING ROUTE ALTERNATIVES
• USE OF ASPHALT RUBBER ON LOW-COST, LOW-VOLUME STREETS