A User Guide to Road Management Tools
Toolkits
SSATP Working Paper
November 30, 2008
Road Asset Management
This user guide gives an overview of selected tools for road infrastructure management, and explains how they can assist road authorities and contribute to road management. It captures, in a single document, important features of these tools, scattered around in various documents and on various websites. By providing easy access to basic information on these tools, the document intends to promote their use in the region.This overview document is aimed at politicians and high-level decision makers in road authorities and road agencies who may not always have the necessary technical background or time for in-depth study, but forwhom a basic understanding of these tools may be desirable, if not essential. The manual is also intended as an introduction to first-time readers at the technical level. For these readers, this document provides sufficient information and the necessary context to guide them in selecting appropriate tools. It also strives to “wet their appetite” for a more in-depth study of these tools, which is a prerequisite for their application to real-life situations.
accessibility
accessibility problems
accurate assessment
adequate rural infrastructure
animal-drawn carts
appropriate technologies
asphalt
Asphalt Concrete
Average Daily Traffic
basic access
bicycles
bridge
bridge conditions
bridge maintenance
Bridge Management System
bridges
business goals
business needs
business operations
business processes
candidate road
capabilities
Capacity building
Community Transport
community transport plan
computer systems
connectivity
Cost-benefit analysis
customer relationships
customization
data analysis
data processing
database management system
decision support software
domain
drainage
Earth Road
economic activity
economic development
energy consumption
equipment
financial performance
footbridges
footpaths
framework
Global Positioning System
GPS
gravel
GRAVEL ROAD
hardware
haulage
high traffic volumes
Highway
Highway Design
highway infrastructure
highway planning
highway system
ID
impact of transport
implementation plans
IMT
income
information system
Information Technology
infrastructure management
infrastructure projects
Innovation
input data
inspection
Integrated Rural Accessibility Planning
interface
Intermediate means of transport
internal business
inventory
IRAP
journey
Length of road
license
licenses
loading
main road
mainframe
mainframe computers
management system
Management Systems
marketing
material
means of transport
menu
mobility
motorized transport
NMT
overlay
path
Paths
Pavement
Pavement condition
pavement conditions
pavement maintenance
pavement management
pavement management system
pavements
Pedestrians
performance indicators
performance measure
performance measures
performances
physical infrastructure
PMS
Policy formulation
private sector
procurement
productivity
professional staff
Project analysis
project management
prototype
Reconstruction
reliability
result
Results
RMI
Road
road accidents
road agencies
Road agency
Road Authorities
Road Authority
road class
road classification
road conditions
road deterioration
road development
road expenditures
road improvement
road infrastructure
road investment
Road Maintenance
road management
ROAD NETWORK
road networks
Road Projects
road safety
Road Sector
road standards
road system
Road transport
Road User
Road User Charges
road user costs
road widening
road works
roads
roadwork
RURAL ACCESS
rural access network
rural accessibility
rural areas
rural development
rural households
rural infrastructure
Rural Road
rural road network
rural road sub-sector
rural road sub-sector investments
rural roads
Rural transport
Rural Transport Infrastructure
rural transport interventions
rural transport services
sensitivity analysis
sharing
SlA
social services
software package
span
spot improvement
spot improvement approach
spot improvements
spreadsheet
standardization
supervision
targets
Technical cooperation
time frame
Tracks
traffic
traffic congestion
traffic data
traffic flows
traffic noise
traffic volume
transparency
Transport
transport activities
Transport Appraisal
transport cost
transport infrastructures
transport investment
transport network
transport plan
Transport Policy
Transport Research
Transport Research laboratory
transport sector
transport service
transport services
travel time
travel time cost
type of transport
types of road
underpinning
unpaved roads
urban roads
usability
users
uses
vehicle
Vehicle emissions
vehicle fleet
vehicle fleets
vehicle operating
Vehicle Operating Cost
vehicle operating costs
vehicle operation
vehicle speeds
Vehicles
verification
village transport
village transport network
walking
