Resource Allocation Logic Framework to Meet Highway Asset Preservation

Summary

Subjects addressed:

Life Cycle Costing/Economic Analysis, Maintenance and Preservation, Resource Allocation and Program Development

Topics addressed:

Analytical Tools and Models

Asset types addressed:

Bridge, General, Pavement

Detail

Title: Resource Allocation Logic Framework to Meet Highway Asset Preservation
Resource type: Research ReportTool
Year published: 2012
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
URL: http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_rpt_736.pdf
Abstract:

This report presents a logic framework for allocating limited highway asset preservation funds among competing demands to achieve high levels of system performance. The report also presents a spreadsheet-based computational tool that implements the framework. The tool uses linear programming optimization to allocate resources across asset classes or geographic regions, subject to constraints that typically must be considered in such decisionmaking, to achieve target asset performance or condition levels. Prototypical application scenarios and case-study examples illustrate how transportation agency staff may use the framework to assist resource allocation decisionmaking.

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