An economics-based road classification system for South Africa

dc.contributor.authorRoss, Don
dc.contributor.authorTownshend, Matthew
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-17T14:47:19Z
dc.date.available2018-09-17T14:47:19Z
dc.date.issued2018-07
dc.date.updated2018-09-17T14:40:12Z
dc.description.abstractMany road authorities, including those in South Africa, are unable to reliably identify and prioritise the maintenance of two essential road categories: roads that are required to satisfy citizens’ constitutional right to access basic services; and roads that maximise potential economic growth. This issue stems from reliance on the current set of classification systems, which lack the requisite detail to determine a road’s significance in connecting communities to basic service facilities, the volume and type of economic activity it supports, and overlaps between these functions. This paper therefore presents an economics-based road classification system customised for the South African road network. The new system disaggregates roads into four classes: Basic Access Roads; Strategic Roads; Tactical Roads; and Surplus Roads. The characteristics and maintenance priority level of each road class are addressed, along with an identification methodology that authorities can use to include this information within their asset management systems to improve expenditure and investment outcomes.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationRoss, D. and Townshend, M. (2018) 'An economics-based road classification system for South Africa', 37th Annual Southern African Transport Conference (SATC 2018), Pretoria, South Africa, 9-12 July, pp. 11-21. isbn:978-1-920017-89-7en
dc.identifier.endpage21en
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-920017-89-7
dc.identifier.journaltitle37th Annual Southern African Transport Conference (SATC 2018)en
dc.identifier.startpage11en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/6797
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherJukwaa Mediaen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.satc.org.za/
dc.rights© 2018 the authors; SATCen
dc.subjectRoad authoritiesen
dc.subjectSouth Africaen
dc.subjectSouth African road networken
dc.subjectRoad classification systemen
dc.titleAn economics-based road classification system for South Africaen
dc.typeConference itemen
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