Optimization Framework for Infrastructure Management Considering Traffic Safety Costs

The goal of this project is to develop a multi-objective optimization for IMS that can optimize MR&R decisions while simultaneously considering agency costs, total vehicle operating costs, and costs associated with safety performance. To do so, models that relate safety 3 (e.g., crash outcomes) to the roadway condition (e.g., IRI or overall pavement index) will be developed for Pennsylvania, and then used as input into a newly developed multi-objective optimization framework that utilizes a Markov Decision Process based on linear programming. The results will be compared to the two traditional approaches (an optimization where all costs are converted to dollar values and a bi-objective optimization, both excluding safety performance) to identify how MR&R decisions change when considering their impact on safety. If successful, this project can optimize how DOTs can utilize existing budgets for infrastructure management, as well as potentially expand the budget for MR&R activities

• Record URL:
  https://cpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/sites.psu.edu/dist/c/89826/files/2022/10/CIAMTIS-PSU-CIAM-COR-R21_s.pdf

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $PSU Fed Share--$96,983 Penn State Match--$97,000
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551847103

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Center for Integrated Asset Management for Multimodal Transportation Infrastructure Systems (CIAMTIS)

  Pennsylvania State University
  University Park, PA  United States  16802
• Project Managers:

  Donnell, Eric

• Performing Organizations:

  Pennsylvania State University, University Park

  Thomas D. Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute
  Research Office Building
  University Park, PA  United States  16802-4710
• Start Date: 20200601
• Expected Completion Date: 20211201
• Actual Completion Date: 20220427
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Linear programming; Optimization
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01739386
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Center for Integrated Asset Management for Multimodal Transportation Infrastructure Systems (CIAMTIS)
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551847103
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: May 15 2020 4:19PM