Analysis of Rural Road Networks Considering Redundancy

A new evaluation method for the redundancy of rural road-links is introduced in this paper. The study provided the distance based link redundancy measures. The methodological contribution in this paper comes in exploiting the evaluation concept with a view of Link Redundancy Index (LRI). This method will be useful to the decision makers as a simple tool for predicting and monitoring the road performance to improve the rural road network to a robust network for the mobility of goods and services in rural hilly areas.