Pavement Surface Properties Consortium: Phase III - Managing the Pavement Properties for Improved Safety

The mission of the Surface Properties Consortium 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 [TPF-5(141)] included regular verification and validation of the participants’ equipment, opportunities for technology transfer, and the accumulation of a significant body of knowledge on the measurement of pavement surface properties. Phase II [TPF-5(345)] continued to support the members’ effort to produce high-quality surface properties measurements, but focused mainly on emerging friction and macrotexture measurement technologies and the integration of these measurements into the next generation of pavement asset management systems. Practical and tangible results were well documented and disseminated. The focus of Phase III will be on continuing to support the implementation of asset management approaches and tools that help improve the safety of our road networks by reducing the number of crashes and related fatalities. It will represent a concerted effort to bring pavement design and evaluation experts together with maintenance and safety professionals to maximize the contribution of the pavement community Towards Zero Deaths on US highways. It will also seek participation of industry through the pooled-fund or an industrial affiliate program.

• Record URL:
  http://www.pooledfund.org/Details/Study/690

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Programmed
• Funding: $900000
• Contract Numbers:

  TPF-5(463)

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

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

  Connecticut Department of Transportation

  2800 Berlin Turnpike
  Newington, CT  United States  06131

  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

  Ohio Department of Transportation

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

  Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

  Keystone Building
  400 North Street
  Harrisburg, PA  United States  17120

  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

  Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

  200 Mero Street
  Frankfort, KY  United States  40622

  Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration

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

  McGhee, Kevin

• Start Date: 20210404
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asset management; Highway safety; Level of service; Optimization; Pavement maintenance; Surface course (Pavements)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01760167
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Contract Numbers: TPF-5(463)
• Files: RiP, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Dec 14 2020 3:10PM