Quiet Pavements Tour.
January 20, 2004, Phoenix, AZ

See and hear the difference between noisy concrete and Asphalt-Rubber Open Graded Friction Courses on urban freeways.

From the NAPA website. " If seeing is believing, seeing and hearing will be a revelation. On this tour you will see and hear what the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is doing to give the Phoenix residents the quiet pavements they demand. The tour will include visits to concrete and asphalt pavements to see and hear the difference, a tour of an Asphalt-Rubber blending facility, and a demonstration of the NCAT sound trailer. You won't want to miss this tour." For registration information, visit www.hotmix.org and click on the NAPA Annual Meeting registration site or contact RPA at www.rubberpavements.org

 Two Agencies Recycle With Results

The City of Thousand Oaks, California, population 125,000 has been using Asphalt-Rubber GG in its overlay program since 1991. By using Asphalt-Rubber, the city has recycled well over 1,300,000 tires. The city has 380 miles of residential and arterial streets within its jurisdiction. To date 47% of the city's pavements have been resurfaced with Asphalt-
Rubber.
Arizona Department of Transportation has used 13,921,591 tires between 1988 and 2002. If the "Quiet Pavement" program which surfaces the urban freeways being constructed by DOT is included, the agency will easily surpass 14,000,000 tires. ADOT has approximately 7,500 center lane miles of highways and interstates in its system and estimates that 2,950 miles 40%) are surfaced with AR.

 Good News for Road Builders

The Liassez Faire Institute conducted a recent Phoenix area study of transportation that shows roads are the most cost-effective way to move people. According to John Semmens, the study's author, "The cost to move one person, one mile via freeways costs about $0.06 (six
cents) in taxes. The cost to provide the same service via transit costs $1.59 by bus and $2.75 by rail." While the study focused on Phoenix, Arizona, Semmens believes the numbers would add up similarly in other cities. The brief can be obtained from Semmens by e-mail at jsemmens@cox.net.

From the American Highway Users Alliance publication
"Rules of the Road"