CURRENT AND FUTURE PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE PRIORITIZATION BASED ON RAPID VISUAL CONDITION EVALUATION

摘要

Satisfactory maintenance of its highway network is essential for any nation's economic growth. A pavement management system (PMS) formulated according to specific needs and resources of a particular Highway maintenance agency would assure satisfactory pavement performance with minimal maintenance cost. Since the collection of detailed pavement condition data is extremely costly and time-consuming, innovative Approaches for rapid data collection is in increasing demand among highway agencies with limited PMS budgets.