In:
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, SAGE Publications, Vol. 2282, No. 1 ( 2012-01), p. 57-66
Abstract:
For many years, much research has been carried out to assess the affordability of paving a road. Now, increased construction and maintenance costs for traditional asphalt pavement systems have persuaded many civil administrations, regional councils, and agencies to replace pavement with gravel surfaces. Low-volume roads (LVRs), as they are presented in this paper, constitute a significant proportion of the total road network in Italy (around 80%) and in many other countries. Such infrastructures are vital parts of the road network, but their construction can have significant adverse effects on the environment. As a result, these roads must be well planned, well designed, well constructed, and properly maintained to create minimal adverse effects, to be cost-effective in the long term, and to have acceptable maintenance and repair costs. Limited resources often exist for LVRs, and a frequent question is whether to use paved or gravel surfaces. In many cases, the choice depends only on economic considerations, which must take maintenance costs into account. A complete procedure that applies cluster analysis and multicriteria analysis is presented for deciding whether to pave gravel road surfaces on the basis of different geometric, traffic, and environmental layouts.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0361-1981
,
2169-4052
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
2012
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2403378-9
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