Journal of Engineering, Project, and Production Management, 2015, 5(1), 36-47

Estimation of Truck Trips on Large-Scale Irrigation Project: A Combinatory Input-Output Commodity-Based Approach

Ackchai Sirikijpanichkul¹, Sarintorn Winyoopadit², and Chavalek Vanichavetin³

¹Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand.  Email: fengacs@ku.ac.th (corresponding author).

²Public Sector Development Officer, Office of the Public Sector Development Commission Thailand (OPDC), Bangkok, 10300, Thailand. Email: sarintornw@gmail.com

Project Management

Received January 31, 2014; received revisions April 15, 2014; April 28, 2014; accepted May 10, 2014

Abstract: For the agricultural-based countries, the requirement on transportation infrastructure should not only be limited to accommodate general traffic but also the transportation of crop and agricultural products during the harvest seasons. Most of the past researches focus on the development of truck trip estimation techniques for urban, statewide, or nationwide freight movement but neglect the importance of rural freight movement which contributes to pavement deterioration on rural roads especially during harvest seasons. Recently, the Thai Government initiated a plan to construct a network of reservoirs within the northeastern region, aiming at improving existing irrigation system particularly in the areas where a more effective irrigation system is needed. It is expected to bring in new opportunities on expanding the cultivation areas, increasing the economy of scale and enlarging the extent market of area. As a consequence, its effects on truck trip generation needed to be investigated to assure the service quality of related transportation infrastructure. This paper proposes a combinatory input-output commodity-based approach to estimate truck trips on rural highway infrastructure network. The large-scale irrigation project for the northeastern of Thailand is demonstrated as a case study.

Keywords: Input-output, commodity-based, truck trips, rural roads.

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Citation: Sirikijpanichkul, A., Winyoopadit, S., and Vanichavetin, C. (2015). Estimation of Truck Trips on Large-Scale Irrigation Project: A Combinatory Input-Output Commodity-Based Approach. Journal of Engineering, Project, and Production Management, 5(1), 36-47. 

DOI: 10.32738/JEPPM.201501.0005

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