Probable Causes and Proposed Alternatives of Rutting on BRT Route (Phase-1), Ahmedabad

Abstract

Pavement rutting is one of the peculiar and far impacting pavement distresses which being observed in flexible pavements. At present, the pavement surface at the bus shelter area appears to be challenging problem and requires maximum attention due to its severe distress, categorized as higher severity rutting. In order to ponder upon such high severity distress, some of the alternative solutions could stand as: Mastic Asphalt (MA), Use of Modified Bitumen, Stone Matrix Asphalt (SMA), White-topping, Glass Fiber Grid, Rigid Pavements and paver-blocks. Thus the overall objective of this study is to explore various alternatives of similar environments and arrive at optimum kind of alternative for BRTS Bus Shelters.