A Proposal for Revising TXDOT Ride Specification to Account for Ride Quality Improvement
The Center for Transportation Research at the University of Texas Austin has released a report that develops a rational pay adjustment system. This system incorporates “new” versus “old” ride quality and evaluates the existing techniques to measure ride quality using Surface Test Type B or inertial profilers on short projects. The report focuses on the relationship between pre- and post-construction roughness and pavement performance and evaluates the need for incorporating the improvement in ride quality into the pay adjustment system.
This Summary Last Modified On: 3/20/2017