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Evaluating needs of road maintenance in Sweden with the mixed proportional hazards model
Dalarna University, School of Technology and Business Studies, Statistics.
Dalarna University, School of Technology and Business Studies, Statistics.
Dalarna University, School of Technology and Business Studies, Human Geography.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7193-2989
Dalarna University, School of Technology and Business Studies, Statistics.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1057-5401
2016 (English)In: Transportation Research Record, ISSN 0361-1981, E-ISSN 2169-4052, no 2589, p. 51-58Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

National road databases often lack important information for long-term maintenance planning of paved roads. In the Swedish case, latent variables of which there are no recordings in the pavement management systems database are, for example, underlying road construction, subsoil conditions, and amount of heavy traffic measured by the equivalent single-axle load. The mixed proportional hazards model with random effects was used to capture the effect of these latent variables on a road's risk of needing maintenance. Estimation of random effects makes it possible to identify sections that have shorter or longer lifetimes than could be expected from the observed explanatory variables (traffic load, pavement type, road type, climate zone, road width, speed limit, and bearing capacity restrictions). The results indicate that the mixed proportional hazards model is useful for maintenance planning because the weakest and strongest sections in a road network can be identified. The effect of the latent variables was visualized by,plotting the random effect of each section in a map of the road network. In addition, the spatial correlation between road sections was evaluated by fitting the random effects in an intrinsic conditional autoregressive model. The spatial correlation was estimated to explain 17% of the variation in lifetimes of roads that occur because of the latent variables. The Swedish example shows that the mixed proportional hazards and intrinsic conditional autoregressive models are suitable for analyzing the effect of latent variables in national road databases.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2016. no 2589, p. 51-58
National Category
Probability Theory and Statistics
Research subject
Research Profiles 2009-2020, Complex Systems – Microdata Analysis
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URN: urn:nbn:se:du-23208DOI: 10.3141/2589-06ISI: 000381248800007Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85012043627OAI: oai:DiVA.org:du-23208DiVA, id: diva2:998718
Available from: 2016-09-30 Created: 2016-09-30 Last updated: 2021-11-12Bibliographically approved
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1. A Microdata Analysis Approach to Transport Infrastructure Maintenance
Open this publication in new window or tab >>A Microdata Analysis Approach to Transport Infrastructure Maintenance
2017 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Maintenance of transport infrastructure assets is widely advocated as the key in minimizing current and future costs of the transportation network. While effective maintenance decisions are often a result of engineering skills and practical knowledge, efficient decisions must also account for the net result over an asset's life-cycle. One essential aspect in the long term perspective of transport infrastructure maintenance is to proactively estimate maintenance needs. In dealing with immediate maintenance actions, support tools that can prioritize potential maintenance candidates are important to obtain an efficient maintenance strategy.

This dissertation consists of five individual research papers presenting a microdata analysis approach to transport infrastructure maintenance. Microdata analysis is a multidisciplinary field in which large quantities of data is collected, analyzed, and interpreted to improve decision-making. Increased access to transport infrastructure data enables a deeper understanding of causal effects and a possibility to make predictions of future outcomes. The microdata analysis approach covers the complete process from data collection to actual decisions and is therefore well suited for the task of improving efficiency in transport infrastructure maintenance.

Statistical modeling was the selected analysis method in this dissertation and provided solutions to the different problems presented in each of the five papers. In Paper I, a time-to-event model was used to estimate remaining road pavement lifetimes in Sweden. In Paper II, an extension of the model in Paper I assessed the impact of latent variables on road lifetimes; displaying the sections in a road network that are weaker due to e.g. subsoil conditions or undetected heavy traffic. The study in Paper III incorporated a probabilistic parametric distribution as a representation of road lifetimes into an equation for the marginal cost of road wear. Differentiated road wear marginal costs for heavy and light vehicles are an important information basis for decisions regarding vehicle miles traveled (VMT) taxation policies.

In Paper IV, a distribution based clustering method was used to distinguish between road segments that are deteriorating and road segments that have a stationary road condition. Within railway networks, temporary speed restrictions are often imposed because of maintenance and must be addressed in order to keep punctuality. The study in Paper V evaluated the empirical effect on running time of speed restrictions on a Norwegian railway line using a generalized linear mixed model.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Borlänge: Dalarna University, 2017. p. 120
Series
Dalarna Doctoral Dissertations ; 5
Keywords
Transport Infrastructure Asset Management, Transport Infrastructure Maintenance, Statistical Modeling, Microdata Analysis
National Category
Probability Theory and Statistics Infrastructure Engineering
Research subject
Research Profiles 2009-2020, Complex Systems – Microdata Analysis
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urn:nbn:se:du-23576 (URN)978-91-89020-97-9 (ISBN)
Public defence
2017-01-20, Borlänge, 11:45 (English)
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Available from: 2016-12-14 Created: 2016-12-14 Last updated: 2023-03-17Bibliographically approved

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