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This video, produced with support from the FHWA Transportation Asset Management Expert Task Group, provides an overview of transportation asset management: "a strategic and systematic approach for managing transportation assets over their whole life."

This webinar provides an introduction to transportation asset management data needs, issues, and governance. Organized around a series of state DOT cases, the webinar is designed to highlight the potential to improve DOT asset management practice and operational performance through a focus on data and data management. Representatives from state DOTs discuss their agencies' efforts in this area, providing insight into the challenges encountered and strategies for success. State DOTs presenting include Maryland SHA, Iowa DOT, and Ohio DOT.

This webinar explores transportation asset management in the context of climate change and extreme weather events. Adaptation to climate change and extreme weather events presents an emerging set of asset management challenges and opportunities. Cases included as part of this webinar will highlight successful adaptation strategies, tools, and approaches. Webinar speakers will frame some of the key opportunities for state DOTs and share specific lessons learned drawn from the experiences of states at the forefront of these issues.

This webinar presents practical information on the place of asset preservation and maintenance within a transportation asset management plan (TAMP). A summary of the 2013 FHWA Asset Management Peer Exchange in Burlington, VT will provide an overview of DOT experiences developing, implementing, and updating a TAMP – with a focus on the role of asset preservation and maintenance. Webinar speakers offer their perspective on how a TAMP helps drive improved performance in the areas of asset preservation and maintenance.

This webinar addresses the linkage of asset management and performance-based planning in the context of MAP-21. As part of this webinar, state DOT representatives discuss their agencies’ efforts to integrate asset management and performance-based planning, addressing specific challenges, success factors, and key benefits obtained. Presentations include specific examples of how DOTs have improved strategic and operational performance by tying planning and programming decisions to asset management goals and objectives.​

This webinar addresses risk in the context of asset management and exploring exactly how State DOTs successfully integrate principles of risk management into their asset management framework. Presentations examine ways in which agencies link components of risk management and asset management in order to improve strategic and operational performance. Specific cases highlight successful approaches for developing and applying a risk-based asset management strategy.

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.