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This webinar explores transportation asset management business models. Webinar speakers provide a frank examination of the str​engths and limitations of specific AM business models, and share lessons learned in overcoming barriers to implementation. D​iscussion focuses on alignment and integration of organizational units, systems, and data with agencies’ asset management business models. Throughout the webinar, State DOT representatives share their own experiences—including discussion of how strong AM practices can help in building the case for needed funding.

This webinar provides an overview of successful practices for integrating asset management and performance management, highlighting performance management components that are most critical in the context of an effective asset management program. Presentations include specific examples of how asset management and performance management strategies complement each other within State DOTs. Representatives from state DOTs discuss their agency's efforts to develop an AM/PM framework and use asset management strategies to improve agency performance.

The first installment of this webinar series provides an overview of successful State DOT practices in asset management and safety. A summary of the 2011 FHWA Safety and Asset Management Peer Exchange highlights effective strategies for "moving the dial" on safety through an asset management approach. Presentations provide insight into asset management and safety program implementation. Specific cases presented during this webinar include: Oregon DOT's work to build network capacity, Washington State DOT's prioritization of safety related assets, and North Dakota DOT's sign inventory and retroreflectivity program.

This TRB recording demonstrates how visualization may be used to improve transportation outcomes in planning and asset management. The speakers discuss how visualization can help build consensus and monitor progress, and they identify several appropriate visualization techniques for transportation practitioners. In addition, they explain how to use the Highway Performance Monitoring System to evaluate the quality of data and how to develop building information models for bridges and structures.