Green Up

Color-Coded Design Alternative

Comparison System for Pavements
Dragos Andrei

My Street
No maintenance in 3+ years
Surely not high priority in the Citys PMS
1.5 inches of AC over subgrade
What can be done?
Who will fix this road?
When?
How much it will cost?

California Local Roads Condition

81% of California roads are managed by cities and
counties
On average, these pavements are in critical condition
The condition continues to decrease from one year to
next
The funding available for pavements is less than half of
what would be needed to maintain the current condition

Source: California Local Streets and Roads Needs Assessment, January 2013,
http://www.savecaliforniastreets.org/

California State Roads

Condition

50,000 lane miles to maintain

53% in good to excellent condition
22% in need of maintenance
25% with structural deficiencies or poor ride
Overall condition in 2011 better than 2007
Source: Caltrans State of the Pavement 2011,
http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/maint/Pavement/Pavement_Program/PDF/2011_SOP.pdf

Bottom Line

Not Sustainable

We inherited a vast road network:

~ 50,000 lane miles state roads
~ 200,000 lane miles local roads
More than 50% of these pavements are at risk
For local roads, the funding available for maintenance and
rehabilitation is less than half the funding required to maintain the
current condition.
Traffic (demand) will continue to increase
$$$ Needs will continue to increase

Sustainability =

Future generations
Responsibility beyond our life span
Responsibility beyond our species
Maintaining the delicate balance of
forces and factors that make the
world a livable place: Social,
Economic, Environmental

Sustainable Pavements
Long-Lasting
Low-Maintenance
Low Emissions/Energy
Recyclable
Permeable
Cool
Quiet
Complete

This cat has 20 minutes and half

the budget to design a sustainable
pavement

Pavement Sustainability Evaluation

and Implementation Tools
Rating and Certification Systems: LEED,
Greenroads, Invest, others
Environmental Protection Regulations
Legislature: e.g. use of RAP, rubber, in HMA

Green Up
Design alternative comparison system (not a
rating system)
Simple and fast by design: software application
For pavement engineers in the design/decision
making phase
For those that do not have the resources to use
more complex tools like rating systems

Simple
Interface

Green Up Elements and Philosophy

Materials: Reusing is sustainable
Technologies: Low emission technologies are
more sustainable
Surface properties: Pervious, Cool and Quiet
roads are sustainable
Cost to Life Ratio: Long-life, low-maintenance
roads are sustainable

The
Green Up
Cube

HEAT
WATER

MATERIALS

NOISE
LCC

TECHNOLOGIES

SUSTAINABLE ---------------------------- NOT SUSTAINABLE

Material Categories
RECYCLED
IMPORT

RECYCLABLE
EXPORT
VIRGIN
MATERIALS

RECYCLED IN
PLACE

WASTE

Recyclable Import
RAS: Recycled Asphalt Shingles
Crumb Rubber from Waste Tires
Blast Furnace Slag
Coal Ash
Silica Fume
Others

Example

Emissions/Energy Consumption
Energy = fuel consumption = fossil fuels = emissions
Greenhouse Gases (GHG): water vapor, carbon dioxide,
methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, CFC, other
Carbon Footprint: measure of carbon dioxide and
methane emissions expressed in CO2e (carbon dioxide
equivalent for 100 years global warming potential)

Source: The Environmental Road of the Future, Colas 2003

Source: The Environmental Road of the Future, Colas 2003

Technology Categories:
Cold M&R strategies: emulsion-based seals, cold
recycling, full-depth reclamation, soil stabilization, etc.
Warm: warm mix asphalt, maintenance treatments
with warm mix additive, etc.
Hot: hot in-place recycling, hot mix asphalt, etc.
Big Foot: portland cement concrete (due to the
manufacturing of cement and steel)

Example

Surface
Properties
Permeable
Cool
Quiet

Surface
Properties

Life Cycle Cost

LCC Categories
Design Life
Categories:
High Cost
Moderate Cost
Low Cost

Temporary
< 20 years
Very Poor
Poor
Fair

Normal
> 20 years
Poor
Fair
Saver

Long Life
> 50 years
Fair
Saver
Super Saver

Perpetual
> 75 years
Saver
Super Saver
Excellent

Example

Results Comparison
Mill and Fill 3in

Mill 1.5 in, CIR 3 in and

Overlay 1.5 in

Green Up
Under development
Desired features:
Quick sustainability comparison/assessment tool
Learning resource for our fast times
Promote sustainable practices
Complementary to existing rating/certification
systems

More Information
Dragos Andrei
dandrei@csupomona.edu
909.869.2487