Pavement Resurfacing Policy for Minimization of Life-Cycle Costs and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Publication: Journal of Infrastructure Systems
Volume 19, Issue 2
Abstract
In recent decades, pavement management optimization has been designed with the objective of minimizing user and agency costs. However, recent analyses indicate that pavement management decisions also have significant impacts on life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This study expands beyond minimization of life-cycle costs to also include GHG emissions. Previous work on the single-facility, continuous-state, continuous-time optimal pavement resurfacing problem is extended to solve the multicriteria optimization problem with the two objectives of minimizing costs and GHG emissions. Results indicate that there is a trade-off between costs and emissions when developing a pavement resurfacing policy, providing a range of GHG emissions reduction cost-effectiveness options. Case studies for an arterial and a major highway are presented to highlight the contrast between policy decisions for various pavement and vehicle technologies.
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Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their insights and suggestions that have greatly improved the paper in consistency, clarity, and relevance. This research was funded through the University of California Multi-campus Research Program on Sustainable Transportation and a fellowship award from the University of California Transportation Center. A. Horvath acknowledges the support of the Sustainable Products and Solutions Program at UC Berkeley.
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Journal of Infrastructure Systems
Volume 19 • Issue 2 • June 2013
Pages: 129 - 137
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© 2013 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Jul 25, 2011
Accepted: May 16, 2012
Published online: May 19, 2012
Published in print: Jun 1, 2013
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