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J. Litzka, B. Leben, R. La Torre, A. Weninger-Vycudil, M.-L. Antunes:
"COST 354 - Performance Indicators for Road Pavements";
Talk: 3rd European Pavement and Asset Management Conference - EPAM3, Coimbra (invited); 2008-07-07 - 2008-07-09; in: "3rd European Pavement and Asset Management Conference - EPAM3", (2008), 10 pages.

In 2004 the COST-action 354 "Performance Indicators for Road Pavements" was initiated
by the European intergovernmental scientific network COST with the main objective to
define uniform European performance indicators and indices for road pavements. The
specification of performance criteria from the perspective of road users and road operators
is a key prerequisite for the efficient maintenance and management of road pavements. The
extent to which goals are reached or performance criteria satisfied can be quantified by
calculating special indicators or indices characterizing the road pavement, which in turn
permits an assessment of the efficiency of certain approaches from both a commercial and
a macro-economic standpoint.
In the context of the action single indicators as well as combined indicators are defined for
different road networks and pavements taking into consideration functional and structural
demands of road pavements as well as demands from the environmental point of view.
These performance indicators should build the basis for the economic evaluation within
PMS and PPP-contracts.
Meanwhile 23 European countries and the FHWA/USA have joined the action, which will
be finished in 2008.

In 2004 the COST-action 354 "Performance Indicators for Road Pavements" was initiated
by the European intergovernmental scientific network COST with the main objective to
define uniform European performance indicators and indices for road pavements. The
specification of performance criteria from the perspective of road users and road operators
is a key prerequisite for the efficient maintenance and management of road pavements. The
extent to which goals are reached or performance criteria satisfied can be quantified by
calculating special indicators or indices characterizing the road pavement, which in turn
permits an assessment of the efficiency of certain approaches from both a commercial and
a macro-economic standpoint.
In the context of the action single indicators as well as combined indicators are defined for
different road networks and pavements taking into consideration functional and structural
demands of road pavements as well as demands from the environmental point of view.
These performance indicators should build the basis for the economic evaluation within
PMS and PPP-contracts.
Meanwhile 23 European countries and the FHWA/USA have joined the action, which will
be finished in 2008.

Pavement Management, Performance Indicators,