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Forecasting municipal pavement condition index through sigmoid deterioration model
Department of Streets and Roads, Skellefteå Municipality, Sweden; Division of Building Materials, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, School of Architecture and the Built Environment, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0009-0008-5136-5735
Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, Infrastructure, Pavement Technology. Division of Highway and Railway Engineering, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, School of Architecture and the Built Environment, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden; Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4256-3034
2026 (English)In: Transportation Research Procedia: 12th BCRRA 26 / [ed] Suzana Svetličič, Elsevier, 2026, Vol. 99, p. 880-888Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

This study investigates the application of a sigmoidal deterioration model with separate regression parameter sets to estimate the pavement condition index (PCI) for 2022 across both residential and non-residential streets—including main, collector and industrial roads—in Skellefteå Municipality, Sweden. Separate best-fit sigmoid curves were also developed for various pavement maintenance treatments applied to non-residential streets. The analysis is based on data gathered through windshield surveys conducted in 2014, 2018 and 2022. The findings reveal that the sigmoidal model exhibited poor performance for residential streets, with low R² values and weak correlations between predicted and observed PCI ratings—probably due to inconsistent pavement age and disruptions such as utility cuts within segments. Conversely, the model demonstrated strong predictive accuracy for non-residential streets, with high correlations and low prediction errors. Moreover, the sigmoid curve for pavements treated with surface levelling (SL) yielded the highest prediction accuracy, followed by sigmoid curves for surface treatment (ST) and for milling and resurfacing (MR) treated pavements, which showed moderate performance. Given its cost-efficiency, SL treatment is recommended for addressing early-stage deterioration, while MR may be more appropriate for extending pavement life, offering a balance between cost and predictive strength. The study offers insights to enhance timely, proactive, data-driven pavement maintenance in municipalities. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2026. Vol. 99, p. 880-888
Series
Transportation Research Procedia, ISSN 2352-1465
Keywords [en]
Pavement deterioration, Sigmoid model, Predictive modelling, Pavement condition index, Municipal street maintenance
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Infrastructure Engineering
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URN: urn:nbn:se:vti:diva-22857DOI: 10.1016/j.trpro.2026.07.129Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105051192416OAI: oai:DiVA.org:vti-22857DiVA, id: diva2:2098152
Conference
12th International Conference on Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways, and Airfields (12th BCRRA 26), Ljubljana, Slovenia, June 22-24, 2026
Projects
Mistra InfraMaint Project 1.8 - Maintenance of roads and streets based on objective data
Funder
Mistra - The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research, DIA 2016/28
Note

Research funding also provided by Skellefteå Municipality.

Available from: 2026-09-03 Created: 2026-09-03 Last updated: 2026-10-02Bibliographically approved

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