Quieter Pavement Performance in Washington 2011 Folio

• Folio summarizing the performance of asphalt and concrete quieter pavement test sections (June 2011, 4 pages) - Quieter Pavement Performance in Washington (pdf 3,548 kb) NEW

WSDOT Quieter Pavement Test Sections

• Post-construction report on the design, construction, testing, and evaluation of the I-5 Lynnwood test section (WA-RD 683, March 2008. 91 pages) -  Evaluation of Long-Term Pavement Performance and Noise Characteristics of Open-Graded Friction Courses (pdf 2.67 mb)
• Post-construction report on the design, construction, testing, and evaluation of the SR-520 Medina test section (WA-RD 691, March 2008. 56 pages) - Evaluation of the Long-Term Pavement Performance and Noise Characteristics of Open-Graded Friction Courses - Project 2 (pdf 2.25 mb)
• Post-construction report on the design, construction, testing, and evaluation of the I-405 Bellevue test section (WA-RD 749.1, June 2010. 56 pages) - Evaluation of the Long-Term Pavement Performance and Noise Characteristics of Open-Graded Friction Courses (pdf 4.46 mb)
• Excerpts from the post-construction reports on I-5 Lynnwood, SR 520 Median and I-405 Bellevue quieter pavement test sections that summarize and compare the location, weather, mix design, and construction process of each project (April 2011 - 19 pages) - Test Section Summary Descriptions (pdf 744 kb)   NEW
• Lane-by-lane comparison of the rutting, ride and noise measurements on I-5, SR 520 and I-405 test sections - Quieter Pavements Noise and Pavement Performance Update (pdf 316 kb)
• Folio summarizing the performance of the quieter pavement test sections (March 2009, 4 pages) - Quieter Pavement Tests:  The Story So Far (pdf 591 kb)
• Reasons for trying quieter pavements to reduce noise and the challenges of using open-graded friction course pavements in Washington State - Quieter Pavements: Options and Challenges for Washington State (pdf, 702 kb)
• WSDOT research report survey of the performance of quieter pavements in the U.S. and Europe. (WA-RD 688.1, March 2008, 260 pages) - Quieter Pavements Survey (1.58 mb)
• Post-construction report on the installation of WSDOT’s first Next Generation Concrete Surface (WA-RD 767.1, April 2011. 43 pages) Evaluation of the Long-Term Pavement Performance and Noise Characteristics of the Next Generation Concrete Surface (pdf, 3.14 mb) NEW

Next Generation Concrete Surface (NGCS)

• Development of the Next Generation Concrete Surface (NGCS) at Purdue University and initial field trials with OBSI results (paper presented at the National Conference on Preservation, Repair and Rehabilitation of Concrete Pavements, St Louis, Missouri, April 2009, by Larry Scofield) - Next Generation Concrete Surface - Preservation Conference - Paper
• Historical development of diamond grooving and grinding textures including NGCS (Paper 78, First International Conference on Pavement Preservation, Larry Scofield, 2010, 19 pages) - Safe, Smooth, and Quiet Concrete Pavement
• Issues surrounding highway noise design and management and the history and future use of concrete pavements as a quiet pavement noise solution - Transportation Noise and Concrete Pavements - Using Quiet Concrete Pavements as the Noise Solution (Technical Brief, May 2009)
• What Makes a Quieter Concrete Pavement? (757 kb pdf, September 2010)

Test Results from NGCS Trial Installations

• OBSI Testing of MnROADs I-94 WB Exposed Aggregate and Diamond Ground Test Sections (Technical Brief, June 2010)
• Kansas I-70 EB Surface Texture Test Section OBSI Evaluation (Technical Brief, June 2010)
• Duluth I-35 NGCS Open House OBSI Testing (Technical Brief, January 2011) NEW
• Chigaco I-355 Testing of NCHRP 10-67 Site Locations (Technical Brief, June 2010)

Quieter Pavement Studies and Reports by Other Organizations

Federal Highway Administration

• FHWA 23 CFR Part 772, the federal regulations on traffic noise and construction noise. Procedures for Abatement of Highway Traffic Noise and Construction Noise
• FHWA procedures for establishing a pilot program to determine if certain pavement types might qualify as noise abatement techniques. Two states, Arizona and California, have pilot programs. Guidance on Quiet Pavement Pilot Programs and Tire/Pavement Noise Research
• FHWA's international scanning tour to study quieter pavements in Europe -  Quieter Pavements: Lessons Learned from Europe
• FHWA and The Transtec Group’s introduction to the various aspects of tire/pavement noise and quieter pavements -   Little Handbook of Quieter Pavements  
• FHWA Pooled Fund Project TPF-5(135) Tire-Pavement Noise Research Consortium - Questions and Answers About Quieter Pavements

National Concrete Pavement Technology Center

• How to Reduce Tire-Pavement Noise: Interim Better Practices for Construction and Texturing Concrete Pavement Surfaces
• Evaluation of U.S. and European Concrete Pavement Noise Reduction Methods (July 2006, 101 pages)
• Measuring and Analyzing Pavement Texture - Technical Brief, January 2011 NEW
• The Language of Noise and Quieter Pavements - Technical Brief, October 2010
• Concrete Solutions for Quieter Pavements on Existing Roadways - Technical Brief, October 2006

International Grooving and Grinding Association

• Acoustical Effects of Grinding and Grooving on Portland Cement Concrete Pavements (2009), Tyler Dare, William Thornton, Tanya Wulf and Dr. Robert Bernhard
• A Study of the Effect of Innovatively Textured Portland Cement Concrete Roadway Surfaces on Tire Pavement Noise (2009), Tanya Wulf, Dr. Robert Bernhard and Tyler Dare
• Using Quiet Concrete Pavement as the Noise Solution, Technical Brief . 

Links to State Department of Transportation Websites

Arizona

• Arizona DOT Quiet Pavement Pilot Program
• Arizona DOT Rubberized Asphalt
• Quiet Pavement Pilot Program - Progress Report No. 1, Dec 2004
• Quiet Pavement Pilot Program - Progress Report No. 2, Dec 2006

Arkansas

• Arkansas Asphalt Pavement Association - Arkansas Tire/Pavement Noise Study (pdf, 5 mb)

Colorado

• CDOT Tire/Pavement Noise Study 2004 - Colorado DOT Tire/Pavement Noise Study
• CDOT Tire/Pavement Noise Study 2005 - Colorado DOT Tire/Pavement Noise Study
• CDOT - Highway Traffic Noise: Assessment and Abatement
• CDOT - Highway Traffic Noise: Effect of Pavement Type
• Tire/Pavement and Environmental Traffic Noise Research Study (Robert Rasmussen, January 2011)

California

• Caltrans Quieter Pavements
• PPB 09-02, Quieter Pavement Strategies for Noise Sensitive Areas (October 15, 2009, 621 KB)
• DRI-DK Technical Note 69 , Use of Noise Reducing Pavements - European Experience, Prepared by the Danish Road Institute-Dan mark (DRI-DK) for Caltrans/UCPRC/DRI-DK Quieter Pavement Research collaborative effort.  (June 2008), (PDF, 2.7MB)
• DRI-DK Technical Note 69 Presentation Slides , Use of Noise Reducing Pavements - European Experience, Prepared by the Danish Road Institute-Dan mark (DRI-DK) for Caltrans/UCPRC/DRI-DK Quieter Pavement Research collaborative effort.  (June 2008), (PDF, 2.4MB)
• Highway Traffic Noise Model Calibration for Various Roadway Surfaces technical advisory (pdf, 1.5 mb)
• Further Development of the Sound Intensity Method of Measuring Tire Noise Performance of In-Situ Pavements , prepared for the California Department of Transportation, Illingworth & Rodkin, Inc., January 2006 (pdf, 962 kb)
• Comparative Measurements of Tire/Pavement Noise in Europe and the United States by Paul R. Donavan, Illingworth & Rodkin, Inc., (pdf, 369 kb)
• IH-80 Davis OGAC Pavement Noise Study 7th Year Report is the longest running quiet pavement study in the nation.
• California Tests Show Pavement Selection Influences by Bruce Rymer and Paul Donavan, published in Hot Mix Asphalt Technology, November/December 2005, (PDF, 10.3MB)

Florida

• Evaluation of Thick Open Graded and Bonded Friction Courses in Florida, March 2006
• Pavement Noise Research, Modeling of Quieter Pavements in Florida (Wayson, R.L., J.M. MacDonald, A. Martin, University of Central Florida, October 2009)

Kansas

• Kansas Asphalt Pavement Association - Kansas Tire/Pavement Noise Study (pdf, 3 mb)

Minnesota

• MnDOT Report of Diamond Grinding on Cells 7 & 8 MnRoad Mainline
  Highway I-94
• Next Generation Concrete Surface - Industry Innovations in Quiet Pavement Technology (International Grinding and Grooving Association, Kramer, July 2008)
• Pavement Noise Research (Research Brief, June 2009)
• Surface Characteristics of Rehabilitated Concrete (Research Brief, June 2009)
• Surface Characteristics of New PCC (Research Brief, June 2009)
• Surface Characteristics of Flexible Pavements (Research Brief, June 2009)
• PCC Pavement Surface Characteristics (Rehab) MnROAD Studies TPF 5-(134) (Research Brief, 2009)

Nevada

• Nevada DOT - Nevada DOT Tire/Pavement Noise Study

New Jersey

• New Jersey Asphalt Pavement Association - New Jersey Tire/Pavement Noise Study (pdf, 4.2 mb)

Ohio

• OhioDOT - Statewide Investigation of Noise Abatement Alternatives Final Report

Texas

• Use of Permeable Friction Course on PCCP , 2003.

Wisconsin

• Noise and Texture On PCC Pavements Results of a
  Multi-State Study , 2000
• Are OGFCs Ready to Perform in Wisconsin Weather? - Research Brief, 2009 . 
• Investigation of the Use of Open-Graded Friction Course in Wisconsin - Full Report, 2009
• Identifying Effective Lower Compaction Temperatures for HMA - Research Brief, 2010
• Development of Effective Lower Compaction Temperatures in the Field to Achieve Density and Limit As-Built Permeability of HMA in Wisconsin - Full Report, 2010