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Focus Area Purpose/Scopep pVision: Safe, smooth, and quiet pavements.Mission:anan Mission:

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Concrete Pavement (CP) Roadmap T k 4 “O ti i d S fTrack 4 – “Optimized Surface Characteristics for Safe, Quiet, and S th C t P t ”Smooth Concrete Pavements”

N ti l A h lt P t R dNational Asphalt Pavement Roadmap Program 7 – “Surface Characteristics”

FALCON CoordinationTPF 5(063) “Improving the Quality of Pavement Profiler Measurement”Pavement Profiler Measurement

TPF 5(135) “Tire/Pavement Noise Research ( )Consortium”

TPF 5(139) “PCC S f Ch t i tiTPF 5(139) “PCC Surface Characteristics: Tire -Pavement Noise Program Part 3 -Innovative Solutions /Current Practices”Innovative Solutions /Current Practices

TPF 5(141) “Pavement Surface Properties ( ) pConsortium: A Research Program”

FALCON ToolkitSmoothness

ProVAL workshops (www.roadprofile.com)ProVAL workshops (www.roadprofile.com)ASTM E2560-07: Standard Specification for Data Format for Pavement ProfileNHI 131100 “Pavement Smoothness”AASHTO Provisional Standard PP49 & PP50 I l t ti C t tPP50 Implementation Contract

NoiseNoise 101 workshopAASHTO Provisional Standard on Tire/Pavement Noise MeasurementTire/Pavement Noise Measurement

FALCON ToolkitFriction/Texture

Equipment loan program: GriptesterEquipment loan program: Griptester, Circular Texture Meter – CTM, Dynamic Friction Tester – DFTDraft Technical Advisory on Skid-Crash Reduction Program under development

2007 Pavement Condition on the National Highway System (NHS)National Average = 56.7%, Target 57% in 2009Good/Very Good (IRI of <95”/mile)

> National Average> 1-10% below National Average> 10% below National Average

59.6%WA

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66.2%ME

69.1%NH

74.5%VT

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57.0%MN

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35.0%NY

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51.0%RI

37.4%CA

65.9%NV

53.5%UT 45.5%

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79.6%KS

48.2%IA

73.2%MO

33.4%IL

62.5%IN

68.5%KY

76.5%OH

52.0%PA

69.4%WV 56.7%

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69.9%MD

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81.9%AZ 83.7%

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43.6%TX

61.9%AR

46.2%LA

84.1%TN

59.9%MS

82.1%AL

57.7%NC

67.8%SC

94.2%GA

53.1%AK

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Source: HPMSCompiled By: Office of Pavement TechnologyFederal Highway AdministrationMarch 2008

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Robert Orthmeyer, Resource CenterRobert.Orthmeyer@dot.gov(708) 283-3533