PACIFIC RIM TRANSTECH CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS. VOLUME II. LONG-TERM PAVEMENT PERFORMANCE PROGRAM FOR YEARS 1992-1997: A STRATEGIC PLAN

The Federal Highway Administration's operational management of the Strategic Highway Research Program's (SHRP) Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) program is described. LTPP is an international in-service pavement performance monitoring program, and the FHWA is responsible for the management and coordination of the data collection efforts on more than 2,000 test sections in the United States and Canada. This paper discusses the strategic research plan for 1991 through 1997. The work required to conduct the LTPP experiments and establish the LTPP data base fall into 8 categories: field operations pavement engineering activities; traffic engineering; information management system; integration of the SHRP asphalt research into LTPP; integration of the SHRP maintenance cost effectiveness research into LTPP; integration fo the SHRP concrete and structures research into LTPP; and international activities. Each of these areas is discussed in this paper.