NCHRP Report 806: Guide to Cross-Asset Resource Allocation and the Impact on Transportation System Performance

Summary

Subjects addressed:

Life Cycle Costing/Economic Analysis, Performance Measurement and Management, Resource Allocation and Program Development

Topics addressed:

Asset Management Plans

Asset types addressed:

Drainage and Stormwater, General, Pavement, Traffic Signals

Detail

Title: NCHRP Report 806: Guide to Cross-Asset Resource Allocation and the Impact on Transportation System Performance
Resource type: Research ReportToolWebsite
Year published: 2014
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
URL: http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/trbnetprojectdisplay.asp?projectid=3398
Abstract:

The objective of this research was to develop a guidebook and tool prototype that senior DOT managers may use to analyze and communicate the likely system performance impact of investment decisions across multiple types of transportation assets. The guidebook includes a framework incorporating (a) the several dimensions of system performance important to stakeholders (such as mobility, safety, and community livability); (b) the multiple measures an agency uses to describe condition and service of particular classes of transportation-system assets (such as pavements, signals, and drainage structures); and (c) the targets that an agency may set for the various dimensions of performance.
The framework and tool prototype were developed under NCHRP Project 08-91 to reflect both technical best practices and transportation agency organizational and institutional needs.
The tool prototype software is available online only and can be download from TRB’s website as an ISO image. Links to the ISO image and instructions for burning an ISO image are provided at: http://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/172356.aspx.

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