SEDL / STP / STP1121-EB / STP17796S

Addressing Institutional Barriers to Implementing a PMS

Smith, RE
Associate Professor, Associate Research Engineer in the Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

Pages: 15    Published: Jan 1991

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Abstract

Pavement management systems (PMS) are not being adopted and implemented at the rate expected. Many factors reducing the implementation can be attributed to barriers related to institutional issues. Diffusion of innovation studies help describe these barriers. They can also be used to help develop methods to remove or bypass the barriers.