Pavement Surface Properties Consortium – Managing the Pavement Properties for Improved Safety

The main objective of the pooled-fund program of research has been to conduct applied research focused on enhancing the level of service provided by the roadway transportation system by optimizing pavement surface characteristics. Phase I of the study included regular verification and validation of the participant’s equipment, opportunities for technology transfer, and the accumulation of a significant body of knowledge on the measurement of pavement surface properties. Practical and tangible results were documented and disseminated though a large number of publications listed in the Phase 1 Outcomes. Examples of technologies that were evaluated as part of this program include high-friction surfaces (HFS) and Continuous Friction Measuring Equipment (CFME). HFS treatments have been adopted as a low-cost countermeasure as part of the Every-day-Counts FHWA program. CFME’s are currently being used to support the development of a new generation of friction management programs. Phase II of the program continues to support the member’s effort to produce high-quality surface properties measurements but focuses on supporting the enhancing and adoption of emerging friction and macrotexture measurement technologies and the integration of these measurements into the next generation of pavement asset management systems. The focus will be on developing and deploying asset management approaches and tools that help improve the safety of road networks by reducing the number of crashes and related fatalities. It will also seek participation of industry through the pooled-fund or an industrial affiliate program.

• Record URL:
  http://www.pooledfund.org/Details/Study/594

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Programmed
• Funding: $1402079
• Contract Numbers:

  TPF-5(345)

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Connecticut Department of Transportation

  2800 Berlin Turnpike
  P. O. Box 317546
  Newington, CT  United States  06131-7546

  Georgia Department of Transportation

  600 West Peachtree Rd
  Atlanta, GA  United States  30308

  Illinois Department of Transportation

  2300 S. Dirksen Parkway
  Springfield, IL  United States  62764

  Kansas Department of Transportation

  Eisenhower State Office Building
  700 SW Harrison Street
  Topeka, KS  United States  66603-3754

  Mississippi Department of Transportation

  P.O. Box 1850
  Jackson, MS  United States  39215-1850

  North Dakota Department of Transportation

  608 East Boulevard Avenue
  Bismarck, ND  United States  58505-0700

  Ohio Department of Transportation

  Research Program
  1980 West Broad Street
  Columbus, OH  United States  43223

  Texas Department of Transportation

  125 E. 11th Street
  Austin, TX  United States  78701-2483

  Virginia Department of Transportation

  1408 E Broad Street
  Richmond, VA  United States  23219

  South Carolina Department of Transportation

  955 Park Street
  P.O. Box 191
  Columbia, SC  United States  29202-0191

  Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration

  707 N. Calvert Street
  Baltimore, MD  United States  21202
• Project Managers:

  Diefenderfer, Brian

• Start Date: 20220831
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• Source Data: RiP Project 40777

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asset management; Friction course; Information dissemination; Level of service; Optimization; Pavement performance; Surface course (Pavements); Traffic safety
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01596611
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Contract Numbers: TPF-5(345)
• Files: RIP, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 22 2016 9:21AM