Influence of traffic delay produced during maintenance activities on the life cycle assessment of a road

Esther Lizasoain-Arteaga; Irune Indacoechea-Vega; Borja Alonso; Daniel Castro-Fresno

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.120050

Influence of traffic delay produced during maintenance activities on the life cycle assessment of a road

Esther Lizasoain-Arteaga^*
, Irune Indacoechea-Vega
, Borja Alonso
, Daniel Castro-Fresno

^*Corresponding author for this work

Universidad de Cantabria

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Abstract

This paper analyses the relevance of the traffic delay generated during the A-8 Spanish Motorway maintenance activities in order to make recommendations for inclusion within the LCA of roads. Six congestion scenarios combining the level of service of the Motorway and the alternative N-634 route have been evaluated using two software packages: KyUCP (macro-simulation) and Aimsun (micro-simulation), whose results have been transferred into emissions using MOVES. After performing the LCA considering a functional unit of a 1-km lane with an analysis period of 30 years, results show the huge importance of this stage in all the scenarios analysed.

Original language	English
Article number	120050
Journal	Journal of Cleaner Production
Volume	253
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.120050
Publication status	Published - 20 Apr 2020
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Asphalt pavement
Congestion
Life cycle assessment (LCA)
Road works
Traffic simulation

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