Background

This project will increase the applicability of the seasonal pavement materials models that were developed for the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) in an earlier research project entitled #C-01-54, Seasonal Variations of In Situ Materials Properties. The models from that project were designed to help NYSDOT implement the new mechanistic-empirical pavement design guide (MEPDG) while still being applicable with the existing NYSDOT Comprehensive Pavement Design Manual (CPDM).

Project Description

The past five years have witnessed a new era of transportation planning and policy-making in the United States, characterized by historically high gas prices, continuously worsening road congestion in urban cores and major corridors, and increasing concern with greenhouse gas emissions and energy independence. In response to these trends, federal, state, and local governments have become increasingly interested in changing when, where, and how we use private automobiles.

Background and Understanding

The proposed work will assist the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) in integrating climate change risk assessment and management into the Department???s decision, policy and planning processes utilizing established and effective risk management and adaptation planning methods. The work will be carried out by the Principal Investigator (PI), a leader in adaptation planning; the Advisory Working Group on Transportation and Climate Change Adaptation (AWG); and an M.S.-level Project Manager (PM) in conjunction with NYSDOT staff.

The Long Island 2035 Visioning initiaitve was established to help achieve a regional public consensus on where the next generat ion of Long Islanders could live and work, the transportation systems needed to support these settlements and the public and private actions required to ensure a prosperous, equitable and environmentally sustainable Long Island.

During recent years innovative bidding and contracts (i.e., bonus/rental charge method, cost-plus-time method) have been used in Europe and more recently in the US. FHWA approved this method in 1985 on an experimental basis. To date, several states have used these contractual methods.