Methodology to Predict Federal Performance Measures From State Performance Measures of Pavement Networks

Abstract

Pavement management data used in measuring the performance of a pavement network contribute to managing maintenance and rehabilitation needs and determining the required funding levels. A network’s performance can be measured in several ways. The method adopted by the Virginia Department of Transportation has been in use for more than 15 years. With the introduction of Transportation Performance Management by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), a set of performance measures required by FHWA are to be reported. A few methods from earlier efforts by others in predicting one or more pavement performance parameters are briefly discussed. The main challenges in the determination of federal performance measures are the lack of prediction models for those measures; the reporting on 1/10th-mi sections that are not directly used in analysis and maintenance planning; and the determination of funding levels based on 1/10th-mi sections. In this paper, a new method to predict the federal performance measures of pavement networks from the state performance measures is provided, along with the mathematical models developed.