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原文传递 Estimating Highway Pavement Damage Costs Attributed to Truck Traffic. Final Report.

题名：	Estimating Highway Pavement Damage Costs Attributed to Truck Traffic. Final Report.
作者：	Bai-Y.; Schrock-S.D.; Mulinazzi-T.E.; Hou-W.; Liu-C.
关键词：	Road-maintenance; Pavements-.;Cost-effectiveness; Estimation-; Damage-assessment; Trucks-; Freight-transportation; Traffic-congestion; Traffic-delay; Kansas-; Methodology-; Research-project.
摘要：	Kansas is one of the leaders in meat production in the United States. In the southwest Kansas region, there are more than three hundred feed yards and several of the biggest meat processing plants in the nation. Heavy trucks (e.g., tractor-trailers) have been used primarily for transporting processed meat, meat byproducts, grain, and other related products. With the continuous growth of these industries, there will be more trucks on highways transporting meat and meat-related products in southwest Kansas. These trucks cause noteworthy damage to Kansas highway pavements, which in turn leads to more frequent maintenance actions and ultimately more traffic delays and congestion. The primary objective of this research was to estimate the highway damage costs attributed to the truck traffic associated with the processed meat (beef) and related industries in southwest Kansas. The researchers developed a systematic pavement damage estimation procedure that synthesized several existing methodologies including Highway Economic Requirements System (HERS) and American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) methods. In this research project, the highway section of US 50/400 between Dodge City and Garden City in Kansas was selected and its pavement data were collected for analysis. Outcomes of this research will be beneficial for the selection of cost-effective transportation modes for the meat processing and related industries in southwest Kansas.
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