Prioritizing Urban Road Pavement Improvement Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Method(Case Study: Rasht City)

Authors

  • Reza Abedinpour * Department of Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Ayandegan University, Tonekabon, Mazandaran, Iran.
  • Habibeh Karimi Department of Research Center, Shiroud Municipality, Mazandaran, Iran. https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8554-7008

https://doi.org/10.48314/ijrceai.v2i1.31

Abstract

Today, road pavement maintenance and improvement activities are considered costly activities. Generally, road pavement repair and maintenance projects are implemented at very high costs, and after a while, due to lack of attention, pavement damage spreads and imposes more costs on the employer over time. So it is clear that prioritizing road maintenance projects and carrying them out at the right time helps improve the condition of road pavement and make the investments made more economical. The purpose of this project is to provide a software model for prioritizing road pavement improvement projects using analytical hierarchy process. The selected criteria are traffic, vehicle axle load, road width, current Pavement Condition Index (PCI), and drainage quality. The options are Golsar Boulevard, Deylaman Boulevard, Isfahan Boulevard, and Tohid Boulevard in Rasht. After entering the criteria, improvement prioritization for pavement projects was performed in Expert Choice software. The results were that Tohid Boulevard was the first priority and Isfahan Boulevard was the last priority for improvement. Matlab software was used to determine the priority of improvement according to the type of repair options. As the input data is entered into the MATLAB software, the result obtained shows the priority of the repair options.

Keywords:

Urban road improvement, Analytic hierarchy process, Project management, Prioritization

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Published

2025-03-12

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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2025): International Journal of Researches on Civil Engineering with Artificial Intelligence

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How to Cite

Abedinpour, R. ., & Karimi, H. . (2025). Prioritizing Urban Road Pavement Improvement Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Method(Case Study: Rasht City). International Journal of Researches on Civil Engineering With Artificial Intelligence , 2(1), 9-16. https://doi.org/10.48314/ijrceai.v2i1.31

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