Existing Design Processes in New Mexico and PR China in Comparison to System Engineering for Transportation (SET) Concepts

摘要

Application of Systems Engineering for Transportation to a specific pavement performance problem is compared to existing approaches used in the State of New Mexico/USA and Ministry of Communications/People's Republic of China. The advantages of the comprehensive approach to transportation are clear, however, the application in real projects is directly affected by the availability of the necessary information and personnel with skills required to properly execute the SET approach. Better information systems for use with SET are essential. Training of specialists in areas new to them will be of great importance to facilitate a balanced consideration of all important aspects of a project.