This manual is designed to help local officials evaluate drainage conditions along rural and urban roadways. It is part of the PASERWARE pavement management system. This manual can also be used to plan for road maintenance and improvements.
Copyright 2000
File: Drainage.pdfThis manual is intended to assist local officials in understanding and rating the surface condition of gravel roads. It describes types and causes of distress and provides a simple system to visually rate the road segment’s condition. The rating procedure can be used as condition data for the Wisconsin DOT local road inventory and as part of a computerized pavement management system like PASERWARE.
Copyright 1989, 2002; reprint 2015
File: Gravel-PASER_02_rep15.pdfThis manual is intended to assist local officials in understanding and rating the surface condition of concrete pavements. It describes types and causes of distress and provides a simple system to visually rate pavement condition. The rating procedure can be used as condition data for the Wisconsin DOT local road inventory and as part of a computerized pavement management system like PASERWARE.
Copyright 1989, 2002; reprint 2009, 2015
This manual is designed to provide background information to local officials on roads with earthen or unimproved surfaces. It describes conditions and distress common for these types of roads. The manual also provides a simple procedure to rate road surface conditions. The rating procedure can be used as condition data for the Wisconsin DOT local road inventory. It may also be helpful in establishing priorities forfuture road improvements.
Copyright 2001
File: Unimproved-PASER_01.pdfThis manual is intended to assist local officials in understanding and rating the surface condition of asphalt pavement. It describes types of defects and provides a simple system to visually rate pavement condition. The rating procedure can be used as condition data for the Wisconsin DOT local road inventory and as part of a computerized pavement management system like PASERWARE.
The PASER system described here and in other T.I.C. publications is based in part on a roadway management system originally developed by Phil Scherer, transportation planner, Northwest Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission.
Copyright 2002, revised 2013
File: Asphalt-PASER_02_rev13.pdfThis manual is designed to provide background information to local officials on gravel roads with a sealcoat surface. It describes conditions and causes of distress and provides a simple procedure to rate pavement condition. The rating procedure can be used as condition data for the Wisconsin DOT local road inventory and as part of a pavement management system like PASERWARE.
Copyright 2001; reprint 2013
File: Sealcoat-PASER_01_rep13.pdfCopyright June 2001; reprint 2013