Investment Prioritization Methods for Low-Volume Roads

Stein, Naomi; Weisbrod, Glen; Sieber, Mark; Program, Synthesis

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“…A recent report titled "Investment Prioritization Methods for Low-Volume Roads" by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences states that "low-volume roads are at a disadvantage relative to other roads within traditional investment prioritization processes that focus on volume-based metrics of benefit and impact" [17]. In general, the fewer the road users, the less funding is available for road maintenance and restoration, much less engineering.…”

Section: Infrastructure Preservation and Maintenancementioning

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Two-Lane Highways: Indispensable Rural Mobility

Al-Kaisy

2022

Encyclopedia

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Two-lane highways refer to roadways consisting of two lanes in the cross section, one for each direction of travel. Occasionally, passing lanes may be added to one or two sides of the roadway extending the cross section to three or four lanes at those locations. In this entry, two-lane highways strictly refer to roads in rural areas meeting the previous definition and do not include urban and suburban streets.

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Section: Infrastructure Preservation and Maintenancementioning

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Two-Lane Highways: Indispensable Rural Mobility

Al-Kaisy

2022

Encyclopedia

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“…5. Low-volume roads provide many development benefits to communities and society that are self-evident, and there is also a large body of evidence to support this proposition (Faiz 2012, Stein et al 2018. The last leg of the supply chain is often the least efficient, comprising up to 28% of the total cost to move goods.…”

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Concrete Pavements for Climate Resilient Low-Volume Roads in Pacific Island Countries

Johnson¹,

Faiz²,

Visser³

2019

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Developing a practical highway criticality assessment framework based on network connectivity and redundancy

Zhang,

Chen

2024

Transportation

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Investment Prioritization Methods for Low-Volume Roads

Cited by 6 publications

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Two-Lane Highways: Indispensable Rural Mobility

Two-Lane Highways: Indispensable Rural Mobility

Concrete Pavements for Climate Resilient Low-Volume Roads in Pacific Island Countries

Developing a practical highway criticality assessment framework based on network connectivity and redundancy

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