Managing pavement in a busy urban highway network

In this dissertation, two dynamic transportation models are formulated and analyzed. When employed in optimal control exercises, these models determine for some metropolitan highway a set of optimal transportation policies, specifically relating to the problem of pavement management. The first model characterizes over some medium-range planning horizon changes in peak-period traffic volumes, pavement conditions, vehicle miles traveled, and volatile organic compounds emissions. When used in optimal control exercises, this model determines the sequence and timing of maintenance, lane expansion, and transportation demand management measures which will achieve desired peak-period traffic levels, reduce VMTs and VOC emissions to levels mandated by the Clean Air Act amendments, and maintain pavement conditions at acceptable design standards. The second model determines for some medium-range planning horizon, the sequence and timing of highway reconstruction, given some predetermined program of maintenance expenditures, lane expansion, and transportation demand management measures, that minimizes agency costs and system travel times. Numerical simulations of both models are performed, and for the latter, a sensitivity analysis conducted.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Urban and Regional Planning

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Schintler, Laurie A.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Donaghy, Kieran P.

• Engineering, Civil
• Transportation
• Urban and Regional Planning

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1996 Schintler, Laurie A.

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

9780591200270
AAI9712430
(UMI)AAI9712430

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/18994