Description

While designers produce pavement rehabilitation recommendations every day, for projects of all sizes, most designers have little information on the environmental impact of their recommendations. This research developed a new decision tool, called the “Green Up Pavement Rehabilitation Design Tool,” to allow the comparison of different rehabilitation solutions in terms of greenhouse gas emissions and to encourage sustainable practices such as materials recycling and the use of permeable, cool, and quiet pavement surfaces. The project aligns with the major goal of California Senate Bill 1, which is “to address deferred maintenance on the state highway system and the local street and road system,” by providing a rehabilitation strategy selection tool as well as an educational tool to promote sustainable pavement practices. The Green Up graphic and the overall methodology were finalized in consultation with representatives of the portland cement concrete and asphalt industries in California. For designers interested in learning more, the tool includes fact sheets about sustainable pavement rehabilitation strategies and links to additional online resources.

Publication Date

12-2019

Publication Type

Report

Topic

Transportation Engineering

Digital Object Identifier

10.31979/mti.2019.1855

MTI Project

1855

Keywords

Sustainability, Pavements, Rehabilitation, Decision support systems, Recycling

Disciplines

Civil Engineering | Construction Engineering and Management

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1855-RB-Andrei-Pavement-Decision-Tool_0.pdf (462 kB)
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