Long-Term Pavement Performance Committee Letter Report: January 2, 2014

On January 2, 2014, TRB’s Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) Committee sent its 33rd letter report to Victor Mendez, administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and Frederick G. "Bud" Wright, executive director of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). The committee's reports are aimed at supporting the further success of the LTPP program, securing the future of the LTPP database, and facilitating the fulfillment of the program’s promise of better roads through the development and utilization of LTPP's products.

The report includes recommendations pertaining to LTPP briefings to the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Standing Committee on Highways and Research Advisory Committee; the American Society of Civil Engineers-LTTP International Contest on LTPP Data Analysis; development of a traffic summary statistic based on load spectra; and forensic evaluations of LTPP test sections.