Multi-Objective Optimization of Maintenance, Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction Decision Making Considering Safety

Author:

Lu Muyang1ORCID,Guler S. Ilgin1,Gayah Vikash V.1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Civil and Environment Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Abstract

Traditional pavement maintenance, rehabilitation, and reconstruction (MRR) planning accounts for user cost by maximizing drivers’ comfort, reducing users’ travel delay, and minimizing fuel consumption, while controlling the agency’s costs of undertaking the necessary preservation activities. Safety performance is seldom considered in the MRR planning of pavements. However, the pavement condition has a large impact on the crash frequency and needs to be addressed in the process of pavement MRR planning. Therefore, this study first incorporates safety costs into the MRR planning process as a separate objective. To do so, the MRR planning process seeks to find an optimal maintenance strategy with the lowest agency cost while minimizing crash frequency and user cost based on the resulting pavement condition. A multi-objective optimization approach is proposed to identify the optimal MRR plans that utilize a semi-Markov international roughness index deterioration model developed based on real pavement condition inspection data from Pennsylvania between 2006 and 2018. The results suggest that the agency costs will increase by $9,716 (5.3%) per mile per lane during a 50-year analysis window for pavement starting in good condition when the crash frequency is considered in the MRR planning. This increased agency cost contributes to a reduction in predicted crash frequency by 0.27%. The results can be used to determine the amount agencies need to spend on MRR activities to reduce accidents under different traffic flow and vehicle fleet combinations. The conclusion of this study provided evidence that lower crash frequency can be achieved by developing better MRR planning from the roadway operation perspective.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Mechanical Engineering,Civil and Structural Engineering

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