PPRC14 SPE Pres-A: Effects of Pavement Roughness on Freight Movement

This project follows up from a pilot study, completed in 2014, that (1) investigated how road roughness is an important aspect of freight movement and sustainability, (2) showed measurements and modeling of the interaction of pavement roughness, vehicles, freight damage, and logistics considerations, and (3) described effects of pavement maintenance activities on freight operations and logistics. This project expands on the limited cases evaluated in the pilot study and initiates efforts to further investigate sustainability of logistics and the freight-vehicle-pavement "system". Private sector voluntary participation has been a pivotal part of this follow-up project as it was in the pilot study. A funding augmentation for this project was approved in spring 2016, with funds available effective July 2016, to enable more in-depth evaluations in the current California Department of Transportation - University of California Pavement Research Center (Caltrans-UCPRC) research contract, which ends November 2017.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Sponsor Organizations:

  California Department of Transportation

  Sacramento, CA  United States  95819
• Project Managers:

  Nokes, Bill

• Performing Organizations:

  Regents of the University of California, Davis

  Davis, CA  United States  95616
• Principal Investigators:

  Harvey, John

• Start Date: 20140701
• Expected Completion Date: 20170930
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight traffic; Logistics; Pavement distress; Pavement maintenance; Pavement performance; Pilot studies; Roughness
• Identifier Terms: California Department of Transportation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01620544
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: California Department of Transportation
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 4 2017 10:54AM