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This brief document outlines the AASHTO CPBM Subcommittee on Asset Management's Strategic Plan for 2011-2015. Colorado DOT scanned their copy for archival purposes. Check out the home of the CPBM Subcommittee on Asset Management for more resources, news, and events: https://www.tam-portal.com/community/cpbm-am/

Welcome to the Fall 2024 edition of the Transportation Performance Management (TPM) Newsletter, sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Committee on Performance-Based Management (CPBM) in collaboration with the TPM Technical Service Program. The Technical Service Program is supported by AASHTO in collaboration with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Featuring:

— Welcome from the AASHTO CPBM Chair
— Improving Safety with Performance Management
— 2025 TRB 104th Annual Meeting Sessions of Interest
— Safety Resources
— AASHTO Updates
— Featured Transportation Research
— Register for the December 5th Joint AASHTO CPBM / TPM TSP Quarterly Virtual Webinar and Meeting
— Save the Date
— Get Involved in a CPBM Subcommittee or Work Group

The "Improving Safety with Performance Management Peer Exchange," held on September 20, 2024, focused on sharing best practices and experiences among state DOTs, FHWA, and other agencies to enhance transportation safety performance. Participants engaged in a collaborative forum discussing strategies, tools, and resources aimed at reducing transportation-related fatalities and serious injuries. A series of sessions addressed safety performance metrics and calculation, risk and resiliency, and the support of vulnerable road users, with insights shared through group discussions and expert presentations. Innovative practices were highlighted in a video showcase from various agencies, emphasizing collaborative and systemic approaches to safety improvements. The exchange concluded with prioritization exercises and strategy discussions, aimed at fostering a collective advancement in safety performance management across transportation agencies.

This is a companion document to NCHRP Report 1122: Implementing Machine Learning at State Departments of Transportation.

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Over the past two decades, machine learning—the leading branch of artificial intelligence—has risen rapidly on the strength of exploding data volumes, cheaper storage and computation, and continual algorithmic breakthroughs. Deep-learning techniques and generative AI systems such as ChatGPT are now transforming day-to-day business practices. Yet state and local transportation agencies are drowning in new data streams faster than they can translate them into actionable insight. TRB’s NCHRP Research Report 1122, *Implementing Machine Learning at State Departments of Transportation: A Guide*, equips DOTs with a primer on promising ML use cases, tools for weighing costs, benefits, risks, and constraints, and a roadmap for fostering the data-driven culture needed to scale these capabilities across transportation programs.

The Spring 2024 issue features the following articles and content:

• Welcome from the AASHTO CPBM Chair
• Driving Change: Transportation Policy in Action
• 2024-2027 PIARC Work Cycle
• AASHTO Updates
• TPM Webinar Explores the Intersection of Risk, Resilience, and Performance Management
• TAM Webinar 68 Highlights Equity and Transportation Asset Management
• Featured Transportation Research
• Save the Date
• Get Involved in a CPBM Subcommittee or Work Group

The purpose of this Primer is to orient transportation practitioners in State Departments of Transportation (DOT), Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO), and other transportation agencies to the principles and practices of Operations Performance Measures and Management (OPMM). OPMM aims to support continuous improvement in the practice of Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO), a set of strategies that focus on operational strategies that improve the transportation system. OPMM includes traditional operations performance measurement practices while incorporating the Transportation Performance Management (TPM) principles for TSMO programs. OPMM is a strategic and data-driven approach to making investment and policy decisions to achieve operations goals. OPMM provides a basis for making sound TSMO investment decisions by state DOTs and MPOs.

The AASHTO 2024 Conference on Data Management & Analytics, Planning, and Performance-Based Management will take place in St. Louis, Missouri from September 17-20, 2024
at the Hyatt Regency St Louis at The Arch. More information to come!

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a powerful force in transportation departments, particularly for managing and streamlining traffic flow. By using real-time data and predictive analytics, AI solutions can ease congestion, decrease travel times, and enhance safety through early hazard detection. In addition, AI-driven simulations offer a cost-effective method for evaluating and refining transportation networks, reducing the need for extensive physical testing.

Critical Issues in Transportation: 2024 and Beyond calls for reassessing the role of transportation in addressing major societal challenges and the research that informs the choices that society will need to make in 2024 and coming years. This reassessment is driven by large-scale environmental, public health, and socioeconomic forces. The report focuses on five societal goals: 1) Mitigating and responding to climate change, 2) Promoting equity and inclusion, 3) Increasing road safety, 4) Advancing public health, and 5) Building and sustaining a strong, competitive economy. Transportation is essential for achieving all of these societal goals.

The Fall 2023 issue is focused on the future transportation agency, and features the following articles and content:

• Welcome from the AASHTO CPBM Chair
• AASHTO Updates
• Highlights from the AASHTO CPBM 2023 Peer Exchange and Business as UN-Usual Annual Meeting
• Critical News: GHG Final Rule
• AASHTO Vision & Aspirational Goals
• Recent Accomplishments of The World Road Association (PIARC) Technical Committee 1.1 – Performance of Transportation Administrations
• 2024 TRB 103rd Annual Meeting Sessions of Interest
• Featured Transportation Research
• Save the Date
• Get Involved in a CPBM Subcommittee or Work Group