SOURCE (Standard Overall Ultralite Road Care Estimate), a large-scale benchmark tool for road networks
Papers & Notes
SSATP Technical Note
February 01, 2002
Road Asset Management
http://www.ssatp.org/sites/ssatp/files/publications/SSATP-TechnicalNotes/ATTN34…
Louis Fernique
SSATP, The World Bank
Africa Transport Technical Note No.34
Over the past ten years or so, the road sector in a number of Sub-Saharan African countries has undergone major reforms. New policies have been introduced, such as the off budget financing of road maintenance and the direct participation of road users in the road management entities. Real evidence of impact on the ground is something that all partners in the reform process would like to see. All these players have a strong need for efficient monitoring instruments to assess progress, achievements and the eventual relevance of the reforms.
To help answer the question of “How to correctly monitor and assess progress in road maintenance,” this note presents the "SOURCE" project launched in 1998 by the Road Management Initiative (RMI). SOURCE is a large-scale benchmark tool for road networks, which is used to monitor the actual level of service of a road network, taken as an overall indicator of the physical performance of a network.
aggregates
audits
basic
Calibration
concrete
data banks
data processing
Eastern Europe
engineering
framework
instrumentation
intervention
learning
main roads
measurements
off budget financing
performance monitoring
programming
programs
radio
reproduction costs
RMI
Road Authorities
road haulage
Road Maintenance
road management
road maps
road networks
Road transport
Road Users
roughness
routes
shopping basket
speed
spreadsheets
Sub-Saharan Africa
traffic
traffic volumes
Transport
travel times
trucks
unpaved roads
Vehicles
