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Incorporating Road User Costs into Integrated Life-Cycle Cost Analyses for Infrastructure Sustainability: A Case Study on Sr-91 Corridor Improvement Project (Ca)

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  • Eul-Bum Lee

    (Graduate School of Engineering Mastership, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), 77 Cheongam-Ro, Nam-Ku, Pohang 37673, Korea)

  • David K. Thomas

    (SR-91 Corridor Improvement Project, Riverside County Transportation Commission, CA 92879, USA)

  • Douglas Alleman

    (Construction Engineering and Management, Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80203, USA)

Abstract

Life-cycle cost analysis (LCCA) is a decision-making tool that allows governing agencies the ability to assess several long-term alternative investment options. This paper presents a LCCA analysis process which integrates the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) program, RealCost (a road user cost calculation program), the FHWA-endorsed Construction Analysis for Pavement Rehabilitation Strategies (CA4PRS) and Caltrans specific design tools (CalFP and CalAC), into the existing Caltrans LCCA process (a modified version of the FHWA LCCA process). In using tools backed by the FHWA and validated through previous agency use, the presented process has a potential to be replicated on urban corridor improvement projects across the US while aiding agencies in achieving economical sustainability throughout the infrastructure maintenance phases. This paper also fills the gap identified by Ozbay et al. in 2004, incorporating road user cost calculations into the LCCA process. Validation was achieved through the execution of the recently completed $1.4 B US California SR-91 Corridor Improvement Project. The SR-91 team used the presented tool to choose one of the two alternatives (maintain HOV SR-91 lane and add I-15 HOV lane using long-life Portland Cement Concrete Pavement or add Express Lane to SR-91 and I-15 using long-life Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement and Asphalt Concrete Pavement), equating to an estimated life-cost savings of $32 M.

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  • Eul-Bum Lee & David K. Thomas & Douglas Alleman, 2018. "Incorporating Road User Costs into Integrated Life-Cycle Cost Analyses for Infrastructure Sustainability: A Case Study on Sr-91 Corridor Improvement Project (Ca)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(1), pages 1-23, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:10:y:2018:i:1:p:179-:d:126688
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    1. Wesam Salah Alaloul & Muhammad Altaf & Muhammad Ali Musarat & Muhammad Faisal Javed & Amir Mosavi, 2021. "Systematic Review of Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Cost Analysis for Pavement and a Case Study," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(8), pages 1-38, April.
    2. Samuel Y. O. Amakye & Samuel J. Abbey & Colin A. Booth & Jonathan Oti, 2022. "Performance of Sustainable Road Pavements Founded on Clay Subgrades Treated with Eco-Friendly Cementitious Materials," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(19), pages 1-23, October.
    3. Moins, B. & France, C. & Van den bergh, W. & Audenaert, A., 2020. "Implementing life cycle cost analysis in road engineering: A critical review on methodological framework choices," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 133(C).
    4. Shabir Hussain Khahro & Zubair Ahmed Memon & Lillian Gungat & Muhamad Razuhanafi Mat Yazid & Abdur Rahim & Muhammad Mubaraki & Nur Izzi Md. Yusoff, 2021. "Low-Cost Pavement Management System for Developing Countries," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(11), pages 1-17, May.

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