TY - JOUR
T1 - Influence of traffic delay produced during maintenance activities on the life cycle assessment of a road
AU - Lizasoain-Arteaga, Esther
AU - Indacoechea-Vega, Irune
AU - Alonso, Borja
AU - Castro-Fresno, Daniel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2020/4/20
Y1 - 2020/4/20
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Asphalt pavement
KW - Congestion
KW - Life cycle assessment (LCA)
KW - Road works
KW - Traffic simulation
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85077707231
U2 - 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.120050
DO - 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.120050
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85077707231
SN - 0959-6526
VL - 253
JO - Journal of Cleaner Production
JF - Journal of Cleaner Production
M1 - 120050
ER -
