PM Roadmap Related Projects
The progress against each problem statement is tracked and documented in a spreadsheet with planned, on-going and completed related activities.
Theme 1
- Best Practices for Pavement Management
- Planned
- On-going
- Completed
- NCHRP 20-07 AASHTO Pavement Management Guide Update
- Managing Pavements and Monitoring Performance: Best Practices in Australia, Europe, and New Zealand (.pdf, 2.3 mb)
- Development of Pavement Distress Standards
- Development of Improved Methodologies for Evaluating Data Quality
- Planned
- On-going
- Completed
- Quality Management of Pavement Condition Data Collection (.pdf)
- Optimization of and Maximizing Benefits from Pavement Management Data Collection
- Practical Guide for Quality Management of Pavement Condition Data Collection (.pdf, 5 mb)
- Impact of Error in Pavement Condition Data on the Output of Network-Level Pavement Management Systems
- Establish and Develop Equipment Calibration Centers and Guidelines
- Planned
- On-going
- Completed
- Comprehensive Study to Guide the Integration of Pavement Preservation and Pavement Management
- Planned
- On-going
- Completed
- Pavement Preservation Integration with Pavement Management
- Improving Pavement Management System by Adding Pavement Preservation Component
- Pavement Management: Capturing Surface Treatment Effectiveness
- Effectiveness of Crack Sealing on Pavement Serviceability and Life (.pdf)
- Technologies to Determine Indicators for Pavement Preservation Strategies (DTFH61-07-D-00030-T-12002)
- Independent Technical Assessments of Pavement Management
- Planned
- On-going
- Develop a Pavement Project Evaluation Index to Support the 4-Year Pavement Management Plan-TxDOT
- Completed
- Pavement Management Clearinghouse
- Planned
- On-going
- Completed
- Synthesis of External Issues Driving Pavement Management
- Planned
- On-going
- Completed
- Methods of Defining and Calculating the Effect of Pavement Preservation Treatments on Pavement Life
- Planned
- On-going
- Factors Affecting the Performance of Pavement Preservation Treatments (DTFH61-07-D-00030-T-12001)
- Completed
- Performance Evaluation of Various Rehabilitation and Preservation Treatments
- Effectiveness-Based Pavement Preservation Selection Based on Statistical Analysis of Long Term Pavement Performance Data
- Estimating Optimum Timings for Treatments on Flexible Pavements with Surface Rutting
- Defining Benefits from Pavement Rehabilitation and Preservation
- Development of an SPS-2 Pavement Preservation Experiment
- Development of an SPS-2 Pavement Preservation Experiment
- Investigation into the Risk, Uncertainty, and Variability in Pavement Management Decisions
- Planned
- On-going
- Completed
Theme 2
- Communicating Pavement Management Information and Benefits
- Improving the Skills of Pavement Managers
- Planned
- On-going
- Completed
- Annual Approval of State Planning and Research (SP&R) Program Funding
- Planned
- On-going
- Completed
- Framework for Minimizing the Delivery of Treatment Application
- Planned
- On-going
- Completed
- Addressing Trade-Offs, Metric Issues, and Purchasing Controls/Policies
- Planned
- On-going
- Completed
- Impact of Pavement Management Investment Levels on Benefits
- Planned
- On-going
- Completed
- Methods to Promote Pavement Management as a Management Tool
- Planned
- On-going
- Completed
- Recommended Methodology to Calculate Pavement Asset Value and Communicate to Stakeholders
- Planned
- On-going
- Completed
- Suggested Topics for Pavement Management into the Civil Engineering Curriculum
- Planned
- On-going
- Completed
- Constant Funding for Pavement Management
- Planned
- On-going
- Completed
- Identify Information Technology (IT) Needs to Effectively Manage a Pavement Management System
- Planned
- On-going
- Completed
Theme 3
- Development and Use of Effective Performance Measures
- Planned
- On-going
- Completed
- Evaluation and Development of Pavement Scores, Performance Models and Needs Estimates-TxDOT Phase 1 (.pdf)
- Implementation of New Pavement Performance Prediction Models in PMIS (.pdf)
- Improving FHWA's Ability to Assess Highway Infrastructure Health (.pdf)
- Evaluation and Development of Pavement Scores, Performance Models and Needs Estimates for the TxDOT Pavement Management Information System - Final Report (.pdf)
- Pavement Management Data Mining: Improving Current Uses and Leveraging New Applications of Pavement Management Data
- Planned
- Data Integration for Pavement-From Design to Maintenance and Use of Automated Pavement Distress Data in INDOT Pavement Management System (PMS)
- On-going
- Inclusion of Maintenance in Life Cycle Costs of Flexible and Rigid Pavements
- Completed
- Detecting Flushing of Thin-Sprayed Seal Pavements Using Pavement Management Data
- Estimation of pavement rehabilitation cost using pavement management data
- Traffic and Data Preparation for AASHTO MEPDG Analysis and Designs (.pdf)
- Factors Influencing the Lifecycle Performance of Pavement Utilizing Decision Tree Analysis
- Network-Level Pavement Asset Management System Integrated with Life-Cycle Analysis and Life-Cycle Optimization
- Procedures for Integrating Pavement Distress and Other Data Elements to Maximize the Benefits of Pavement Management
- Planned
- Load Limit Impacts on Pavement Performance
- Planned
- On-going
- Analysis of Truck Load Weight Distribution in North Carolina
- Completed
- Developing and Supporting a Pavement Management Business Plan
- Planned
- On-going
- Completed
- Use of Pavement Management Information for National Reporting
- Planned
- On-going
- Completed
- Using Pavement Management Data to Support Design Activities
- Planned
- On-going
- Completed
- Evaluation of Current Louisiana Flexible Pavement Structures Using PMS Data and New Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (.pdf)
- Integrated Tools for Pavement Design and Management
- National Funding Allocations that Account for State Priorities
- Planned
- On-going
- Completed
- Identify Data Needs to Support Other Processes
- Planned
- On-going
- Completed
- Methodologies to Reliably Support Innovative Contracting
- Planned
- On-going
- Completed
- Evaluation of MDOT's Distress Thresholds for Maintained Pavement Projects
- A Two-Phase Maintenance and Rehabilitation Framework for Pavement Assets under Performance Based Contracts
- Performance-Based Contractor Prequalification as an Alternative to Performance Bonds
- Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Mississippi's Pavement Warranty Program
- Impact of Earmarks on Pavement Performance
- Planned
- On-going
- Completed
Theme 4
- Development of Automated Condition Data Processing Tools
- Planned
- On-going
- Completed
- Rapid Network Level Survey with Automated Cracking Detection
- New Method for Classifying and Quantifying Cracking of Flexible Pavements in Automated Pavement Condition Survey
- Automated detection and measurement of cracks from monochrome video clips captured by road network survey vehicle
- Study on Pavement Distress Image Recognition Using Clustering and Classification Algorithms and Spatial Database Techniques
- Evaluation of Nondestructive Methods for Determining Pavement Thickness
- Texas Department of Transportation 3D Transverse Profiling System for High-Speed Rut Measurement
- Methods to Quantify the Benefits of Pavement Management
- Planned
- On-going
- Completed
- Benefit Cost Models to Support PMS Decisions
- Improving Factors Considered in Project and Treatment Selection Decisions
- Planned
- On-going
- Development of Cost-Effective Pavement Treatment Selection and Treatment Performance Models
- Calibration of Controlling Input Models for Pavement Management System
- Iowa Pavement Asset Management Decision Framework
- Completed
- Pavement Network Maintenance Optimization Considering Multidimensional Condition Data
- Simultaneous Network Optimization Approach for Pavement Management Systems
- Toward Sustainable Pavement Management: Incorporating Environmental Impacts of Pavement Treatments into Performance-Based Optimization
- Calibration and Application of Treatment Performance Models in Pavement Management System
- Development and Implementation of a Network-Level Pavement Optimization Model
- A Web-Based Pavement Performance and Maintenance Management and GIS Mapping System for Easy Access to Pavement Condition Information (.pdf)
- Pavement Resurfacing Policy for Minimization of Life-Cycle Costs and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Incorporating network considerations into pavement management systems: A case for approximate dynamic programming
- Multiobjective Pavement-Preservation Decision Making with Simulated Constraint Boundary Programming
- Environmentally Preferable Pavement Management Systems
- Sustainable Pavement Maintenance and Preservation Practices: A Review of Current Practice - Transport Research International Documentation
- Analysis of trade-offs associated with alternate methods of data collection
- Planned
- On-going
- Completed
- Impact of Error in Pavement Condition Data on Output of Network-Level Pavement Management Systems
- Comparison of Data Collection Vehicles to Human Collection Methods
- Pavement Management in a Changing World
- Planned
- On-going
- Completed
- Performance Models that Consider Series of Treatments
- Planned
- On-going
- Completed
- Method for Effectively Modeling Structural Condition
- Planned
- On-going
- Development of Pavement Structural-Capacity Requirements for Innovative Pavement Decision-Making and Construction
- Pavement Structural Evaluation at Network Level (DTFH61-12-C-00031)
- Completed
- Implementation of Rolling Weight Defelectometer (RWD) in PMS and Pavement Preservation
- Simplified Techniques for Evaluation and Interpretation of Pavement Deflections for Network-Level Analysis (.pdf)
- Enhancing Network-Level Decision Making Through Use of Structural Capacity Index
- Developing a Network-Level Structural Capacity Index for Asphalt Pavements
- Development of the Triangular Model for Pavement Evaluation Using the Rolling Wheel Deflectometer
- Automation of Surface Texture Characteristics
- Planned
- Friction Management on Kansas Department of Transportation Highways
- On-going
- 3D Laser Imaging for ODOT Interstate Network at True 1-mm Resolution
- Completed
- Using 3-D Laser Profiling Sensors for the Automated Measurement of Road Surface Conditions (Ruts, Macrotexture, Raveling, Cracks)
- Pavement texture from high-speed laser for pavement management system
- Assessing Surface Texture and Pavement Performance Using Three-Dimensional Parameters from Photometric Stereo Technique
- Planned
- Identifying Strategies for Incorporating Emerging Technologies into Pavement Management Systems
- Planned
- On-going
- Monitoring Highway Assets with Remote Technology
- A Remote Sensing and GIS-enabled Asset Management System (RS-GAMS) Phase 2
- Non-invasive Imaging and Assessment of Pavements
- Enhancing GDOT's Concrete Pavement Restoration Program Using Emerging 3D Sensing Technology and Historical Concrete Condition Survey Data
- Completed
- Pilot Demonstration of the Use of Probe Vehicles to Measure Road Ride Quality
- 3D Technology for Managing Pavements
- Unsupervised Approach for Autonomous Pavement-Defect Detection and Quantification Using an Inexpensive Depth Sensor
- Quantifying the Cost of Pavement Use
- Planned
- On-going
- Completed
- Develop Nondestructive Testing for Measurement of In-Place Material Properties
- Planned
- On-going
- Completed
- Quantifying the Benefits of Pavement Research
- Planned
- On-going
- Completed
- Florida's Return on Investment from Pavement Research and Development
- Develop Default Models for Low-Volume Roads
- Planned
- On-going
- Completed
- Implementing Pavement Management Systems for Local Agencies - State-of-the-Art/State-of-the-Practice Synthesis
- Impact of Climate Change on Performance Prediction
- Planned
- On-going
- Completed
- Methodology for Evaluating Climate Change Impact on Asphalt Pavement Design Life
- Method for Evaluating Implications of Climate Change for Design and Performance of Flexible Pavements
- The Implications of Climate Change on Pavement Performance and Design
- Use of System Dynamics to Understand Long-Term Impact of Climate Change on Pavement Performance and Maintenance Cost
- Development and Integration of Wireless Sensors with PMS
- Planned
- On-going
- Completed
- Toward an Integrated Smart Sensing System and Data Interpretation Techniques for Pavement Fatigue Monitoring
- A Feasibility Study on Embedded Micro-Electromechanical Sensors and Systems (MEMS) for Monitoring Highway Structures
- Smart Pavement Monitoring System (.pdf)
- Use of Aerial Images for Distress Analysis
- Planned
- On-going
- Completed
- Aerial Photograph-based Pavement Surface Distress Detection and Assessment