Pavement Management Program 2024

90-100: Excellent
70-89: Very Good
50-69: Good
Below 50: Poor

Pavement Condition Index (PCI) by year

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2010 2023 2023
Average PCI
81.9

FY2024 Pavement Project Overview

Pavement Projects by Streets
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FY2024 Coming Up

FY2023 Completed

Completed in the past

How to determine PCI score?

  • The type, extent and severity of pavement surface distresses (typically cracks and rutting)
  • The smoothness and ride comfort of the road

    • Poor: (PCI 41) Good: (PCI 62) Excellent (PCI 92)

    Pavement Life Cycle

    Importance of preserving pavements

    • ~ Testimony of State's case ~
    • California, Georgia, Michigan, New York, Texas, and Georgia successfully implemented a pavement-preservation program.
    • Rehabilitation and reconstruction projects cost about 14 times as much as preventive maintenance projects per lane-mile.
    • Michigan has enjoyed a cost savings of more than $700 million since 1992.
    • Preventive maintenance treatments can extend its service life by 5 to 7 years.

    Major Type of Pavement Distress

    Alligator Crack
    Hover over me!
    Possible Cause:
    Most often the result of traffic or load related
    Alligator (Fatigue) Cracking

    - A series of interconnected cracks look like alligator skin

    Block Crack
    Hover over me!
    Possible Cause:
    - By shrinkage of the asphalt concrete and daily temperature cycling
    - Not load related
    Block Cracking

    - A pattern of cracks looks like rectangular blocks
    - Occuring over a large portion of the area

    Longitudinal/Transverse Crack
    Hover over me!
    Possible Cause:
    - By shrinkage of the asphalt concrete and daily temperature cycling
    - Not load related
    Longitudinal/Transverse Crack

    Longitudinal: Parallel to the centerline
    Transverse: Perpendicular to the pavement centerline

    Pothole
    Hover over me!
    Possible Causes:
    Eroding the material under the pavement by water seeping into cracks
    Pothole

    - Bowl-shaped holes on the pavement surface

    Rutting Depression
    Hover over me!
    Possible Causes:
    - Failure in the lower pavement layers
    - traffic load related
    Rutting / Depression

    - A linear depression in the wheel path

    Pothole
    Hover over me!
    Possible Causes:
    - Often a combination of many factors including weather, inadequate installation,and heavy loading
    Weathering/Raveling

    - Wearing away of the pavement surface or top coat

    Pavement Treatment

    Condition PCI General Treatments Stragegy Examples
    Excellent 90- 100 Do Nothing/Corrective Maintenance
    Very Good 70 - 89 Preventative Maintenance Chip Seals, Cape Seals, Crack Seals, Fog Seals, Slurry Seals, Microsurfacing
    Good 50 - 69
    Poor 0 - 49 Rehabilitation/Reconstruction Mill & Fill, Overlay
    Select treatment type

    (src: Metropolitan Transportaion Commision)

    Our Mission
    Maintain systemwide PCI at or above 82 by applying a variety of cost-effective maintenance treatments. By applying the right treatment at the right time, the City can lower costs by reducing the need for future roadway rehabilitation.

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    (image: Perspective road pathway towards horizon concept from Starline - Freepik.com)

    Item Source URL
    Pavement Project City of Cupertino Cupertino Pavement Project Geojson
    Importance of preserving pavements Federal Highway Administration https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/00jan/pavement.cfm
    • Alligator (Fatigue) Cracking Image
    • Block Cracking Image
    • Longitudinal Transverse Cracking Image
    • Rutting / Depression Image
    		 Department of transportation Minnsota https://www.dot.state.mn.us/materials/manuals/pvmtmgmt/Distress_Manual.pdf downloaded @2/25/2020
    Pathole Image Anne Arundel County, Maryland https://www.aacounty.org/services-and-programs/potholes downloaded @2/25/2020
    Weathering / Raveling Image Florida Department of Transportation https://www.fdot.gov/programmanagement/implemented/urlinspecs/pavement.shtm downloaded @2/25/2020
    Major Type of Pavement Distress
    • Department of transportation Minnsota
    • Anne Arundel County, Maryland
    • Florida Department of Transportation
    • Asphalt (The Magazine of the Asphalt Institute)
    Crack Seals Image City of Dublin (Ohio) https://dublinohiousa.gov/newsroom/2018-crack-sealing-program/ downloaded @2/25/2020
    Chip Seals Image U.S. Department of Transportation Fedral Highway Administration https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/safety/14065/004.cfm downloaded @2/25/2020
    Cape Seals Image City of Ann Arbor Michigan https://www.a2gov.org/departments/engineering/Pages/Pavement-Preservation-Treatments.aspx downloaded @2/25/2020
    Fog Seals Image Los Angels County, Public Works https://pw.lacounty.gov/gmed/lacroads/TreatmentFogSeal.aspx downloaded @2/25/2020
    Slurry Seals Image U.S. Department of Transportation Fedral Highway Administration https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/safety/14065/004.cfm downloaded @2/25/2020
    Rubber Chip Seals Image City of Cupertino, Public Work Please Contact https://www.cupertino.org/our-city/departments/public-works/maintenance-services/streets-sidewalks/pavement-management-program
    Microsurfacing Image U.S. Department of Transportation Fedral Highway Administration https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/safety/14065/004.cfm downloaded @2/25/2020
    Mill & Fill Image Kent County Road Commission https://www.kentcountyroads.net/road-work/road-treatments/mill-fill/ downloaded @2/25/2020
    Overlay Image City of Cupertino, Public Work Please Contact https://www.cupertino.org/our-city/departments/public-works/maintenance-services/streets-sidewalks/pavement-management-program
    Pavement Treatment
    • Pavement Interactive
    • U.S. Department of Transportation Fedral Highway Administration
    • A‐1 CHIPSEAL COMPANY
    • Asphalt (The Magazine of the Asphalt Institute)
    • Los Angeles County, Public Work
    • BETA
    PCI over years Metropolitan Transportation Commission https://open-data-demo.mtc.ca.gov/dataset/Vital-Signs-Street-Pavement-Condition-by-city-Upda/xff2-dqss retrieved @ 2/27/2020
    2021 & 2022 data from MTC website PCI section
    Other Images & Data City of Cupertino, Public Work Please Contact "https://www.cupertino.org/our-city/departments/public-works/maintenance-services/streets-sidewalks/pavement-management-program retrieved @ 2/27/2020