A Guide To Developing Financial Plans And Performance Measures For Transportation Asset Management

Aims to encourage transportation agencies to address strategic questions as they confront the task of managing the surface transportation system. Drawn form both national and international knowledge and experience, it provides guidance to State Department of Transportation (DOT) decision makers, as well as county and municipal transportation agencies, to assist them in realizing the most from financial resources now and into the future, preserving highway assets, and providing the service expected by customers. Divided into two parts, Part one focuses on leadership and goal and objective setintg, while Part two is more technically oriented. Appendices include work sheets and case studies.

"TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 806: Guide to Cross-Asset Resource Allocation and the Impact on Transportation System Performance provides guidance and a spreadsheet tool to help managers with applying data-driven techniques to project prioritization, program development, scenario analysis, and target setting. The tool and guidebook are intended to assist managers with analyzing and communicating performance impacts of investment decisions. The software is available online only and can be download from TRB's website as an ISO image."--Publisher's description.

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 326: Strategic Planning and Decision Making in State Departments of Transportation examines state and provincial transportation departments' experience with strategic planning and synthesizes current approaches to linking strategic planning with other decision-making processes, including operational and tactical planning, resource allocation, performance management, and performance measurement.

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This document contains guidance on a common framework for the discussion, development and implementation of highway infrastructure asset valuation by local highway authorities in the UK, in line with financial reporting and asset management requirements. Specific guidance is given for roads, segregated footpaths and cycle routes, and the document covers all fixed assets that form an essential part of the highway network, including earthworks and drainage, pavements and verges, fencing, lighting, street furniture, traffic management and communication assets. It sets out a step by step procedure covering asset clarification, data requirements, calculation of Gross Replacement Cost, calculation of depreciation and impairment, reporting and monitoring of asset value; and examples are given in the appendices to illustrate methodology application.