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Highway Performance Monitoring System: Field Manual for the Continuing Analytical and Statistical Database [December 1987]
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1987-12-01
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Abstract:In recent years, there has been a growing recognition of the need to assess the highway systems periodically with respect to extent and physical condition; the safety, efficiency, and economy of the systems in serving the movement of goods and people; and the impacts of existing national programs and policies. In addition, there is a need to assess the potential impacts of proposed programs, policies, and alternatives. The Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS) has been implemented to meet these needs. The HPMS is a program management tool considered to be prerequisite to sound Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and State highway programs through the annual monitoring of highway performance. Through prudent analyses and application, it should ensure the efficient use of dwindling financial resources and provide invaluable information to decisionmakers. It will also serve as an information base to evaluate the effectiveness, over time, of various pavement rehabilitation strategies. Estimates indicate that approximately 60 percent of today's, as well as the future's, highway investment dollars in the U.S. will be consumed by constructing, reconstructing, and preserving pavements. Our Nation's economic well being is highly dependent upon the availability of safe, efficient, and economical highway transportation. The condition of pavements, without any doubt, is a key variable in terms of the economy of transportation services that are provided. Poor pavements increase vehicle operating costs which result in increased cost of goods and services to the entire population. Since pavements play such an important role, we must continue to increase our knowledge of its condition and performance. In the early 1980 1 s, the overall mission of highway agencies began to change from that of constructing new highways to that of preserving existing highways, with particular emphasis being placed on pavement performance and the investigation and promotion of sound, economical, efficient means of preserving and extending the economic life of pavements. To do so, comprehensive information is needed regarding the condition, performance and the loadings placed on pavements. Many State highway agencies have developed and implemented Pavement Management Systems (PMS) to serve this need. Much of the pavement related data collected via HPMS should be available from State PMS 1 s.
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