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A TCRP synthesis which evaluates the transit asset management systems in place at large transit agencies, and offers guidance for future development.
http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=2777
http://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/166145.aspx

An NCHRP report which offers guidance for understanding and predicting the life expectancy and condition of highway assets, in order to effectively implement asset management practices and better maintain an agency's highway assets.
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Click here for Volume 1, the guidebook.
Click here for Volume 2, the final report.

This presentation from the January 2016 Lean Forum includes detailed presentations from the California DOT, Idaho DOT, and Lean Interchange updates. It also includes the January Newsletter and information about the March Forum.

This research effort produced, for possible adoption by AASHTO, a guide which offers insight into tunnel management with a focus on effective, efficient preservation practices.
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http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/173393.aspx

Produced as part of the NCHRP Project 20-83 Series on Long-Range Strategic Issues, this research was conducted to facilitate development of highway infrastructure planning by exploring maintenance, preservation, and renewal issues and needs.
http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=2630
http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/docs/NCHRP20-83(03)A_PhaseI-InterimReport.pdf
http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/docs/NCHRP20-83(03)A_PhaseII-Task6Report.pdf

Development of the 2014-2019 Transportation Asset Management Plan (TAMP) provides UDOT with an integrated, comprehensive and strategic approach to meet transportation needs while keeping the current system in good condition. The strength of this data-driven plan is that it demonstrates results, accountability, and transparency. Decisions are supported by the data generated in UDOT processes, sound engineering judgment and evaluation of transportation needs across Utah. The Utah TAMP provides a systematic framework and answers resource management questions such as:
• How should each asset be managed and what are the risks involved?
• What is the funding and performance relationship between different assets?
• What are the long term implications of asset related decisions made today?
• What long term funding is needed to maintain least cost asset condition?

Effective asset management is an inherently multi-disciplinary endeavor. This paper discusses some of the critical disciplines and skills that can help develop or sustain asset management programs in transportation organizations. The information contained in this briefing paper was prepared at the request of the Transportation Asset Management Expert Task Group (TAM ETG).

This collection of resources informs, guides, and documents how Highways England organizations use Lean management principles to eliminate inefficiency.

This guide provides informational support for organizations in the Highways England supply chain to determine the extent to which they have adopted Lean principles.

This set of guidelines, outlined by the Montana Department of Transportation, works to help project managers to understand, foresee, and and manage possible risks throughout their projects. It provides techniques, methods, and tools for risk management. One main focus is the relationship between the scope, cost, and schedule of the project and how changes to any one of those three will force changes upon the other two.

A report on FHWA's Accelerated Implementation and Development of Pavement Technologies (AID-PT), focusing on the development and implementation of innovative pavement technologies.

Anonymous probe vehicle data are currently being collected on major interstates and arterials throughout the United States. Probe data are used to assign average speeds to pre-define roadway segments of varying lengths. These segments are known as Traffic Message Channels (TMCs). Through the analysis of this probe data for each TMC, transportation agencies have been making progress in the development of agency wide performance measures to better plan and manage spatially distributed infrastructure assets. One widely accepted performance measure is travel time reliability, which is calculated along a series of TMC segments that collectively makes up a corridor. When consistent travel times are not achieved, due to incidents or recurring periods of congestion, it is desirable to understand the time and frequency of these increased travel time incidents to better manage the system.