Pavement Preservation Codified in MAP-21
The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) surface transportation reauthorization legislation marks the first time that pavement preservation and asset management have been explicitly codified. This article describes this development and other advances in the field of pavement preservation. The inclusion of asset management and preservation in MAP-21 may bring much-needed federal funding to state and local governments for implementing pavement preservation principles. In an additional move forward for pavement preservation, preservation techniques are being studied for the first time at the Pavement Test Track at the National Center for Asphalt Technology. A variety of preservation techniques have been placed on the track and a nearby local road in order to study how preservation treatments relate to a pavement’s life cycle. A successful National Pavement Preservation Conference was also recently held that further raised awareness of pavement preservation activities and possibilities.
Thesis (M.C.P.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of City and Regional Planning, 1948.