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The Iowa Transportation Asset Management Implementation Plan defines Iowa DOT's implementation strategies to achieve asset management objectives and goals for the years 2020 to 2025. After the introduction, the document features three main sections covering the agency's TAM vision and goals, their existing TAM practices, and their implementation work plan, by which they lay out each of the steps and action needed to advance their TAM practice.

AASHTO Transportation Asset Management Guide presents a comprehensive introduction to asset management concepts and practices. The guide is intended to foster understanding of asset management techniques and advance asset management practices at transportation agencies. Read more at: https://www.tamguide.com.

This report is Part C of NCHRP Report 750. Part C focuses specifically on stimulating interest among transportation agency leaders in emerging highway infrastructure practices.

This report is Part B of NCHRP Report 750. Part B lays out 16 of the best practices for highway preservation, maintenance, and renewal.

This document contains appendices for the following two documents: NCHRP Report 750, Volume 7: Preservation, Maintenance, and Renewal of Highway Infrastructure and NCHRP Report, Volume 7, Part B, Practitioner's Guide to Emerging Highway Preservation, Maintenance, and Renewal Practices.

Many aspects of design developed by the coastal engineering community are applicable to coastal highway design, planning, and operation. In this manual, many of these concepts and tools are implemented to improve the resiliency of roads and bridges. As exposure to extreme weather events follows its increasing trend, many of these adaptations will become more important to maintaining the coastal highway system.

This report is a compilation of practices for rail maintenance and inspection, including how agencies identify rail defects. Data was collected from literature searches and surveys of heavy- and light-rail transit agencies.

This synthesis looked at alternative methods of evaluating transportation assets.

This publication by the TRB Standing Committee on Asset Management reviews past TAM requirements, practices and accomplishments; assesses current movements to improve and refine asset management through research; and the committee's goals and emerging issues.

A product of NCHRP Project 20-24(95)A — Ensuring Essential Capability for the Future Transportation Agency. This memo provides instructions and a brief explanation of the Agency Capability Building Portal and digital guidebook for NCHRP 20-24(95).

Accompanying web-only document, Implementing the Agency Capability Building Framework to Activate Organizational Change, was published in November 2025 to support implementation of the ACB Guide and is available now for download. Practitioners may also find the Performance Management Reporting Peer Exchange Final Report – NCHRP Project 20-24 Task 124 (2019) of interest as well.

This factsheet, available from the MinnesotaGO performance dashboard, describes how MnDOT uses state and federal performance measures. The factsheet explains the history, purpose, target setting processes, and other aspects of the state and federal performance measures.

In order to help transportation agencies better understand TPM federal regulations and requirements, USDOT and FHWA have created the video series, "TPM Essentials." The series comprises 18 short clips; each focuses on a specific aspect of federal TPM. The entire series can be found on FHWA's website here or on Youtube here.

"Overview of TPM and HPMS" outlines the key aspects of the relationship between TPM and the Highway Performance System (HPMS). Over the course of this 7.5-minute video, the clip answers the following questions:

• What is TPM?
• What is HPMS?
• How does TPM relate to HPMS?
• How has HPMS data changed under TPM?
• What new data items are required?