In
Brief…
The
Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP) brought States the Superpave
mix design system, long-term pavement performance program, and improved
pavement maintenance techniques, among other successes. What will
the Future SHRP (F-SHRP) bring? The F-SHRP Committee, formed
in 1999, is scheduled to issue its report this fall. After extensive
outreach to the transportation community, the committee is focusing
on a number of potential research areas. These include:
- Achieving
rapid, long-lived reconstruction of highways with minimum disruption.
This topic may focus particularly on Interstates and freeways, but
would also look at providing benefits for urban street networks.
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Improving the design of safety programs through indepth study of
crash causation factors and development of prototype countermeasures
for common crash types.
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Reducing user delay by developing better data analysis tools, traffic
control technologies, roadway designs, and institutional strategies.
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Developing tools to help practitioners meet future highway demand
in ways that support improved quality of life, economic growth,
and community and environmental values.
For
more information, check out the F-SHRP Web site at www4.nationalacademies.org/trb/newshrp.nsf
or contact Ann Brach at TRB, 202-334-2242 (fax: 202-334-2527; email:
abrach@nas.edu.). Two new TechBriefs are available from
the long-term pavement performance (LTPP) program. Adequacy of Rut
Bar Data Collection (Publication No. FHWA-RD-01-027) examines the
accuracy of automated survey vehicles, which are being used by many
State highway agencies to collect data on the extent and severity
of pavement rutting. Variability of Pavement Distress Data from Manual
Surveys (Publication No. FHWA-RD-00-160) assesses the collection of
the data that drives pavement performance predictions. Both TechBriefs
can be found on the Web at www.fhwa.dot.gov/pavement/ltpp/library.cfm.
They can also be obtained from the FHWA Research and Technology Report
Center at 301-577-0906 (fax: 301-577-1421).
Additional
copies of the CD-ROM, Hot Mix Asphalt for the Undergraduate
(Publication No. FHWA-RD-99-073), are now available from FHWA. Originally
issued in 1999, the CD-ROM contains course materials that are designed
to introduce the Superpave system to students in civil engineering
programs. The materials include instructor's notes, a laboratory instructor's
guide, a student workbook, and homework problems. These can be used
as either a supplement to existing undergraduate courses on materials
and pavements or as a stand-alone segment of the course curriculum.
The
CD-ROM is available from the FHWA Research and Technology Report Center
(phone: 301-577-0906; fax: 301-577-1421) For more information, contact
Lee Gallivan at FHWA, 317-226-7493 (fax: 317-226-7341; email: victor.gallivan@fhwa.dot.gov).
