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Title:

Implement Permeable Pavements to Improve Infrastructure Sustainability – A Case Study

Accession Number:

01506449

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

Permeable pavement generally includes three types of pavement using different surfacing materials: pervious concrete pavement, porous asphalt pavement, and permeable interlocking concrete paver (PICP). Compared with the conventional asphalt and portland cement concrete pavements, these permeable pavements are relatively new and less literature is available for designer and contractor to implement a permeable pavement design. Recently, the permeable pavement has been included as part of Best Management Practice (BMP) and deemed as one of Low Impact Design (LID) strategies by various agencies. It is expected that there will be increasing demand of implementation of permeable pavement from municipalities and state agencies. This case study presents the RiverSmart Washington project in the District of Columbia to integrate permeable pavement design with biorentention technique to alleviate the load on the existing stormwater system and to reduce the surface water run-off at multiple sites by providing infiltration. Three types of permeable pavement, i.e. pervious concrete, porous asphalt, and permeable interlocking concrete paver (PICP), have been evaluated, designed, and applied to various sites. Integrating permeable pavements with the existing stormwater system, this project demonstrated a sustainable solution to infrastructure development in an urban environment.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AFD00(1) Sustainable Pavements. Alternate title: Implementation of Permeable Pavements to Improve Infrastructure Sustainability: Case Study.

Monograph Accession #:

01503729

Report/Paper Numbers:

14-1447

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Li, Xue
Jelen, Michael
Smith, Brian
Upchurch, Meredith
Saari, Steve

Pagination:

13p

Publication Date:

2014

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC
Date: 2014-1-12 to 2014-1-16
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Subject Areas:

Design; Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2014 Paper #14-1447

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 27 2014 2:33PM