Establishment of a Pavement Management Information and Feedback System

摘要

The purpose of a Pavement Management System, (PMS) is to achieve the best possible value for the available public funds and to provide safe, comfortable, and economic transportation. PMS encompasses a wide range of activities including planning, design, construction, maintenance and the periodic evaluation of performance. In this report, the elements of a PMS and its interrelationship is introduced together with benefits gained by adopting such systems. Discussions and recommendations for establishing a data bank are outlined. A summary of PMS activities currently in use by several states including Texas, California, Washington and Arizona, as well as Ohio is presented. A PMS data bank is proposed to be adopted by ODOT that utilizes most of the pavement data already existing in the ODOT computerized files.