The purpose of the Road Profile Users’ Group (RPUG) is to serve as a forum for the  exchange of information between end-users, data collectors, vendors, construction and design engineers, and researchers who have an interest in road profiles, road roughness/smoothness, pavement surface textures/friction, tire-pavement noise, and safety-related topics.

News and Events 

• The RPUG 2025 annual meeting will be held in conjunction with National Pavement Evaluation meeting in Virginia. Details to come. 
• The RPUG 2024 meeting was held successfully in St. Augustine, FL from April 29 to May 2, 2024. The presentations are posted.
• The RPUG 2023 meeting was held near St. Louis in southern Illinois to feature the new Illinois DOT Certification And Research Track (ICART) in May 2023. Click here for archived meeting details!
• The most recent European Road Profile Users’ Group (ERPUG) conference took place in Athens, Greece, from October 25-27, 2023.