U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20590
202-366-4000
Federal Highway Administration Research and Technology
Coordinating, Developing, and Delivering Highway Transportation Innovations
| REPORT |
| This report is an archived publication and may contain dated technical, contact, and link information |
 |
| Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-17-089 Date: May 2018 |
Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-17-089 Date: May 2018 |
PDF Version (1.46 MB)
PDF files can be viewed with the Acrobat® Reader®
This report documents a study undertaken to validate the proposed pavement performance measures identified in the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) issued in response to the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, which included requirements pertaining to transportation performance management.(1,2)
To accomplish this objective, three major activities were carried out: (1) a literature review that yielded criteria for evaluation of the proposed performance measures and translation of distress data from the Long-Term Pavement Performance database to the pavement condition metrics used by the performance measures proposed in the NPRM; (2) a review and validation of performance measures over time, both within and between construction events, and against the thresholds identifying performance; and (3) an analysis of alternate pavement condition threshold values, the change in the metrics and overall pavement conditions over time, and the metrics driving the overall condition and performance.
The findings presented in this report suggest that the performance measures established by the NPRM and ultimately required by the issuance of the Final Rule by FHWA are appropriate because all the metrics have an effect on overall condition and performance measures.
Cheryl Allen Richter, Ph.D., P.E.
Director, Office of Infrastructure
Research and Development
Notice
This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) in the interest of information exchange. The U.S. Government assumes no liability for the use of the information contained in this document.
The U.S. Government does not endorse products or manufacturers. Trademarks or manufacturers’ names appear in this report only because they are considered essential to the objective of the document.
Quality Assurance Statement
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) provides high-quality information to serve Government, industry, and the public in a manner that promotes public understanding. Standards and policies are used to ensure and maximize the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of its information. FHWA periodically reviews quality issues and adjusts its programs and processes to ensure continuous quality improvement.
Technical Report Documentation Page
| 1. Report No.
FHWA-HRT-17-089 |
2. Government Accession No.
|
3 Recipient's Catalog No.
|
||
| 4. Title and Subtitle
Validation of Pavement Performance Measures Using LTPP Data: Final Report |
5. Report Date
May 2018 |
|||
| 6. Performing Organization Code
|
||||
| 7. Author(s)
Beth A. Visintine, Amy L. Simpson, and Gonzalo R. Rada |
8. Performing Organization Report No.
|
|||
| 9. Performing Organization Name and Address
Amec Foster Wheeler Environment & Infrastructure, Inc. |
10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS)
|
|||
| 11. Contract or Grant No.
DTFH61-14-C-00041 |
||||
| 12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address
Office of Infrastructure Research and Development |
13. Type of Report and Period Covered
Final Report; May 2014–April 2017 |
|||
| 14. Sponsoring Agency Code
HRDI-30 |
||||
| 15. Supplementary Notes
The Contracting Officer’s Representative for this report was Larry Wiser (HRDI-30). |
||||
| 16. 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. |
||||
| 17. Key Words
MAP-21, FAST Act, Long-Term Pavement Performance, LTPP, pavement performance measures, pavement metrics, pavement condition, IRI, cracking, rutting, faulting |
18. Distribution Statement
No restrictions. This document is available to the public through the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161. |
|||
| 19. Security Classification (of this report) Unclassified |
20. Security Classification (of this page) Unclassified |
21. No. of Pages
87 |
22. Price
N/A |
|
| Form DOT F 1700.7 (8-72) | Reproduction of completed page authorized |
