ANNUAL REPORT For Calendar Year 2011 : NEW ENGLAND TRANSPORTATION CONSORTIUM

NHTSA · 2011 · ROSA P / New England Transportation Consortium

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This document is the 2011 Annual Report for the New England Transportation Consortium (NETC), a cooperative research program involving the Departments of Transportation and Land Grant Universities of the six New England states, alongside the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). The report details the consortium’s administrative structure, financial status, and progress on active transportation research projects aimed at solving regional infrastructure problems through pooled funding. In 2011, the NETC managed six active research projects valued at approximately $567,678, distributed among member universities. The report provides specific progress updates for each initiative. Project 02-6, conducted at the University of Connecticut, successfully completed field demonstrations and monitoring of silicone foam sealants for small movement bridge expansion joints, resulting in several published technical papers and a master’s thesis. Project 04-1, also at the University of Connecticut, concluded its investigation into recycling asphalt pavements containing modified binders, providing guidance on recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) usage to prevent incompatibility issues. Project 05-1 at the University of Maine completed the development of a supplemental resistance method for designing drilled shaft rock sockets, creating a robust design tool based on past load tests. Project 06-3, led by the University of Connecticut, finished establishing default dynamic modulus values for New England asphalt mixtures, comparing tested values against predictive models to streamline pavement design. Two projects remained in progress during the reporting period. Project 03-6, a collaboration between UMass Dartmouth and the University of New Hampshire, focused on developing guidelines for using polymer-modified thin-lift hot mix asphalt versus surface treatments. Researchers fabricated mixtures and evaluated their thermal cracking characteristics using non-destructive testing methods. Project 05-5 at the University of Rhode Island continued measuring adhesion properties between topcoat paints and metallized or galvanized steel, with preliminary data indicating good adhesion for most tested paint systems. Additionally, Project 06-1 at the University of New Hampshire verified the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) for New England, finalizing sensitivity analyses for Massachusetts and Vermont to identify critical input variables for pavement performance prediction. The report also outlines the NETC’s financial status, detailing fund balances and expenditures from 1995 through 2011, and lists technology transfer activities, including technical assistance provided to state agencies and industry partners. The document highlights the transition of coordination services to the University of Vermont and notes that certain ongoing studies were supported by FHWA agreements due to contractual limitations with the previous lead agency. Overall, the report demonstrates the NETC’s role in advancing regional transportation engineering through collaborative research, technology transfer, and the dissemination of findings to state agencies and academic institutions.

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The New England Transportation Consortium managed seven active research projects totaling approximately $567,678 in 2011, with several projects completed and findings distributed to state agencies and universities.

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