Development of Next-Generation Pavement Performance Measures and Asset Management Methodologies To Support MAP-21 Performance Management Objectives

The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, and other current legislation promote the use of performance-based decisions to manage the Nation’s highway system (U.S. Congress 2012, 2015). MAP-21 identified seven national goal areas and established requirements for national performance measures for pavements and bridges and the development and implementation of risk-based transportation asset management plans by State departments of transportation (DOTs) (U.S. Congress 2012). Fulfilling these requirements has helped highway agencies advance data-driven investment decisions that maximize return on public investment in the highway system and maintain a state of good repair for highway infrastructure assets. Although the condition-based performance measures meet the immediate needs under the legislation, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) initiated research to explore “next-generation” pavement performance measures (NGPPMs) that are more proactive in driving investment decisions that lead to enhanced long-term performance. FHWA also investigated the feasibility of a methodology to help transportation agencies manage their highway infrastructure as a system rather than a network of individual asset classes. The research was initiated in 2015 as a two-phased effort titled Identification of Effective Next‑Generation Pavement Performance Measures and Asset Management Methodologies To Support MAP-21 Performance Management Requirements (FHWA n.d.a). Phase Ӏ identified eight promising NGPPMs (not currently required under any Federal legislation) highway agencies could use as leading indicators for long-term investment strategizing and decisionmaking, along with two promising transportation asset management methodologies (TAMMs). In phase Ⅱ, after further development and analysis, seven of the promising NGPPMs and one of the proposed TAMMs were piloted at the State level to validate their use. The study also sought to validate the performance measures at the Federal level. This report details phase II.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.21949/1521432
• Record URL:
  • https://highways.dot.gov/sites/fhwa.dot.gov/files/FHWA-HRT-23-102.pdf
• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/77583
• Corporate Authors:

  Applied Pavement Technology, Incorporated

  115 West Main Street, Suite 400
  Urbana, IL  United States  61801

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Infrastructure Research and Development
  6300 Georgetown Pike
  McLean, VA  United States  22101
• Authors:
  • Ram, Prashant V
  • 0000-0003-4229-998X
  • Thompson, Paul
  • 0000-0002-6559-7966
  • Pai, Sandhya
  • 0009-0006-4511-6017
  • Borthakur, Abhik
  • 0000-0002-9885-9002
  • Smadi, Omar
  • 0000-0002-3147-9232
  • Smith, Kelly L
  • 0000-0003-0460-0460
  • Zimmerman, Kathryn A
  • 0000-0002-5730-5185
  • Allen, Brad W
  • 0000-0002-1350-1563
  • Mugabe, Kundayi
  • 0000-0003-2115-8790
  • Bektas, Basak
  • 0000-0002-0866-6216
• Publication Date: 2024-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 280p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asset management; Pavement performance; Performance measurement; Pilot studies
• Identifier Terms: Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01931946
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-HRT-23-102
• Contract Numbers: 693JJ318C000001
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 26 2024 8:53AM