Methodology for effective operation of road management equipment

Abstract

This paper presents a methodology for effective operation of road management equipment. The primary goal of this research is to aid public agencies with day-to-day road management within limited financial resources. In order to demonstrate the value of this approach, we present a case study using data collected for eighteen regional offices of the South Korean Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs. Road agencies want to know whether they currently have sufficient equipment to handle work demands, but this is difficult to predict. Thus, a methodology was developed to employ historical data on road management equipment, and two evaluation indicators were identified. Using our method, equipment can be classified into four groups: 1) frequently used and important, 2) relatively less used and important, 3) barely used and low importance, and 4) frequently used and low importance. In our case study we show that these can be used by regional offices to determine either to lend or borrow among offices or to consider purchase for both long and short term use.While our study focuses on a specific case study, the overall methodology can easily be applied by similar decision makers in other countries.

Monitoring of Forest Hauling Roads Wearing Course Damage Using Unmanned Aerial Systems

“…Similarly, Potočnik et al (2005) published his opinion that in the conditions of public access to the forest ecosystem and the use of the forest road network for recreational purposes the requirements for common maintenance of the forest roads are higher. Hand in hand with the increasing requirements, the forest managers need fast and high-quality information about the current condition of forest roads, so that they can make decisions and work with the finances budgeted for their forest road network administration (Yang and Regan 2013). The authors recommended using the method referred to as AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) to make the correct decisions on the use of the funds for the repairs and maintenance.…”