NTL Record

Title Validation of Pavement Performance Measures Using LTPP Data
Record ID 65519
Personal Name
Creator
Visintine, Beth A.; Simpson, Amy L.; Rada, Gonzalo R.
Personal Name
Contributor
Wiser, Larry
Corporate Creator Amec Foster Wheeler; AMEC Environment and Infrastructure, Inc.
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Infrastructure Research and Development; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
Publisher United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Infrastructure Research and Development
Publication Date 20180501
Language English
Abstract Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to establish performance measures for the Interstate Highway System (IHS) and the National Highway System (NHS) to assess the condition of the pavement on the IHS and NHS.(1) The performance measures, as proposed by FHWA, to assess the condition of the pavement are based on the percentage of pavements on both the IHS and NHS (excluding the IHS) in good and poor condition. The condition of the pavements is to be determined based on the following metrics: International Roughness Index, cracking percent, rutting, and faulting. The overall objective of the study was to validate the proposed pavement performance measures and demonstrate their use within asset management. Performance and distress data from the Long-Term Pavement Performance database were translated into the pavement condition metrics used by the performance measure proposed by FHWA. The performance measure validation considered review of the performance measures over time to determine if they followed a logical trend; comparison of performance measures against maintenance and rehabilitation (M&R) activities to demonstrate if the performance measures are impacted by M&R activities; and review of the performance measures against thresholds for logic and reproducibility, temporal analysis, effects of alternate thresholds, and identification of performance measure drivers. Standalone guidelines for informing decisionmaking to affect pavement performance measures were also developed based on the study findings; they are provided in a companion report.
Rosap ID dot:37537
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/37537
TRT Terms Pavement performance; Data collection; Performance based specifications
Geographical
Coverage
United States
OCLC 1046678736
Contract Number DTFH61-14-C-00041
Report Number FHWA-HRT-17-089; HRDI-30/05-18(WEB)E
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/65000/65500/65519/FHWA-HRT-17-089.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository