Specifying Automated Pavement Condition Surveys

This paper describes the Alabama Department of Transportation's effort to incorporate automated pavement condition specifications into its pavement management systems. Applicable standards are reviewed, cost figures are provided, and data collection and evaluation procedures are described. Although manual data collection and processing costs are lower than automated data collection and analysis costs, manual data collection is becoming increasingly difficult to continue due to safety concerns and staffing requirements. Based on Alabama's experience, it is recommended that states should consider collecting and reporting data according to AASHTO PP 44-01 (Standard Practice for Quantifying Cracks in Asphalt Pavement Surface), and consider adding extra low-cost services that will benefit other areas of the department to the standard data collected. These findings should be helpful to other departments of transportation embarking on automated pavement conditions data collection and processing.

• Record URL:
  • http://journals.oregondigital.org/trforum/article/viewFile/546/451
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• Summary URL:
  • http://journals.oregondigital.org/trforum/article/view/546
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  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/10461469
• Authors:
  • Lindly, Jay K
  • Bell, Frank
  • Ullah, Sharif
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Glossary; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 19-32
• Serial:
  • Journal of the Transportation Research Forum
  • Volume: 44
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Forum
  • ISSN: 1046-1469
  • Serial URL: https://trforum.org/journal-of-the-trf/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automation; Case studies; Condition surveys; Costs; Data collection; Evaluation; Information processing; Pavement distress; Pavement management systems; Recommendations; Specifications; Transportation departments
• Identifier Terms: Alabama Department of Transportation
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Pavements; Research; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01019262
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 1 2006 9:04AM