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Pete Rahn, former Maryland transportation secretary, talks about the organizational impact of TPM and shares lessons learned from the implementation of Missouri DOT’s influential Tracker program.

Colorado DOT's long range transportation plan illustrates the department's vision for the next twenty-five years with an emphasis on three goal areas: mobility, safety and asset management. Within each of the goal areas, CDOT identifies actions they must take to reach their goals based on needs identified in stakeholder surveys. The plan draft is currently out for public review.

This guide to building information modeling (BIM) applications for airports was published in 2020. It presents guidance for evaluating the business case of applying and implementing BIM.

The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) strives to find innovative and cost-effective approaches for improving the state’s transportation system. The development of ALDOT’s Transportation Asset Management Plan (TAMP) is consistent with ALDOT’s desire to make data- driven spending decisions related to its assets. In short, ALDOT puts into practice – both on a regular basis and more specifically through this TAMP effort – the underlying principle of Transportation Asset Management (TAM): better decision making based upon quality information and well-defined objectives. The TAMP will be a central resource for multiple ALDOT Bureaus for asset information, management strategies around those assets, financial sources and forecasting, and business management processes. ALDOT, assisted by DYE Management Group, INC. (DMG), began the TAMP Development process in 2014 and completed its initial TAMP in 2018.

This is ALDOT's second TAMP.

This document summarizes results of a survey conducted by the AASHTO Committee on Performance Based Management and the AASHTO Committee on Planning. The survey focuses on uses of transportation data and information to inform responses to COVID-19. Results were gathered from March 25, 2020 to April 22, 2020.

NCHRP Synthesis 556 summarizes state DOT practices used to identify pavement and bridge asset locations repeatedly damaged by emergency events and to mitigate the risk of recurring damage in those locations. The synthesis focuses particularly on mitigation practices that concurrently advance TAM and TPM objectives. Information for this synthesis was gathered through a literature review, a survey of state DOTs, and follow-up interviews with selected agencies.

Florida's long range plan consists of four distinct parts: Vision Element, Policy Element, Implementation Element, and Performance Element. At present, Florida is updating their plan, with each of these elements in different stages. The Vision Element, last updated in May 2020, elaborates on the state's vision and goals and how they relate to the system's trends and uncertainties. The most recent Policy Element is from 2015, and it explains how Florida plans to meet their objectives. The Implementation Element is continually updated as a web-based application and it provides short-term actions and progress towards their complete vision. Lastly, the Performance Element, unavailable on the FTP website, emphasizes the federally require performance measures for safety, asset condition, and mobility.

This synthesis report presents the use of weigh-in-motion (WIM) data to better design and maintain pavement and bridge assets. The report relies on a survey of state DOTs, a literature review, and five detailed case studies from California, Minnesota, Florida, Maryland, and Tennessee to demonstrate the value in applying this data to asset management.

In this case study, six examples are selected from Maine, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Utah, and Wyoming demonstrating the connection between asset management and many plans and implementations. The case studies emphasize how asset management supports long range plans, the statewide transportation improvement program, and state planning and programming practices.

In their 2019 transportation asset management plans, many states identified practices for connecting with internal and external partners. This case study presents examples from California, Colorado, Michigan, Nebraska, New Jersey, Ohio, Vermont, and Washington State which demonstrate how coordination with MPOs and local owners of national highways can improve the overall asset management across the state.

This case study examines examples from the 2019 transportation asset management plans, highlighting how asset management provides benefits to the agency. The states included in the analysis are New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Washington State. Their impact includes a documentation of asset management practices and bringing about change in the agency.