Integrating pavement preservation into a local agency pavement management system.

Pavement preservation has become an important topic in the pavement community in the last few years. Preventive maintenance is a vital part of pavement preservation. All state and most local agencies use pavement management systems to assist in making decisions about pavement maintenance and rehabilitation. If pavement preservation is to be used effectively in these agencies, their pavement management decision-making processes must support it. A description is given of how the Metropolitan Transportation Commission Pavement Management System used by several local agencies in California, Oregon, and other states incorporates pavement preventive maintenance and pavement preservation.