Roadmap
This research roadmap is a product of NCHRP Project 08-36(134) Transportation Asset Management Research Roadmap. The roadmap seeks to guide future transportation asset management research efforts in productive directions, responding to identified priorities, gaps, and overlap with other ongoing or proposed efforts. The objectives of NCHRP Project 08-36(134) are to:
- Develop a Transportation Asset Management (TAM) research roadmap that will inform future research and development activities to be undertaken by the transportation industry, and
- Build on the strategic plan developed by the Federal Highway Administration TAM Expert Task Group (FHWA TAM ETG).
In order to further these objectives, the roadmap was developed as an integrated part of this website: the AASHTO TAM Portal. As a part of this website, the research roadmap is also connected to a database of recent TAM resources, providing an integrated entry point for practitioners to access a wide range of information on current, recent, and potential future TAM research.
To submit a new research topic or concept, visit the Submit a Research Topic page.
Improved TAM Approaches for Aligning Network and Project Level Decisions Across Asset Classes
Current Status: Active
Summary: Research is needed on how to best reconcile the competing frameworks of project level and new worth level to prioritize projects. Read more...NCHRP 13-08 Guideline for Decision Making for Repair vs. Replacement of Highway Maintenance Equipment
Current Status: Active
Summary: The objective of this research is to provide fleet managers with a methodology and an electronic tool to guide decisions to repair or replace equipment. The methodology and tool should be suitable for endorsement and distribution as an AASHTO guide. The target audience for this research would be state DOT fleet managers and maintenance engineers who rely upon availability of equipment to carry out day-to-day operations. Read more...NCHRP 02-27 Making Targets Matter
Current Status: Active
Summary: Develop a guidebook to help address the relationship between target setting and day to day operation. Read more...NCHRP 02-26 Implementation of Programmatic Life Cycle Cost Analysis in a Transportation Asset Management Framework
Current Status: Active
Summary: Research is needed to develop a methodology and the tools to allow States to comply with programmatic LCCA and performance requirements. Read more...NCHRP 08-118 Risk Assessment Techniques for TAM
Current Status: Active
Summary: The research will synthesize materials on existing practice and perform a critical assessment of existing tools, approaches, performance measures, and procedures that can be used to build new or improved risk assessment tools and techniques in support of transportation asset management. It will produce supporting implementation guidance and tools. Read more...NCHRP 02-25 Workforce 2030-Attracting, Retaining, and Developing the Transportation Workforce: Design, Construction, and Maintenance
Current Status: Active
Summary: The objectives of this research are to produce a roadmap of effective human capital strategies for state DOTs, identifying critical areas necessary in the future to attract, retain, and develop a sustainable, qualified transportation design, construction, and maintenance workforce and Read more...Risk Analysis and Vulnerability Practices Across Transportation Agencies
Current Status: Active
Summary: This research will address risk analysis/vulnerability quantification and application to multiple transportation modes for purposes of scenario planning at MPOs and DOTs. Read more...Guidance for Tracking Critical Data Items to Reduce Asset Lifecycle Costs and Support Treatment Decisions
Current Status: Active
Summary: Research is needed to analyze which data elements are most beneficial when deciding on the treatment options for pavement. Read more...Organizational and Cultural Factors for Successful TAM Implementation
Current Status: Active
Summary: This research will develop a guidebook addressing implementing a successful TAM program. Read more...Transportation Asset Management and Overall Transportation Management
Current Status: Candidate
Summary: This research will produce a framework for understanding the relationships between TAM and broad transportation goals and guidance on how to ensure TAM connectivity to broad transportation goals. Read more...Organizational Models for Successful Transportation Asset Management Programs
Current Status: Candidate
Summary: This research will focus on understanding successful organizational models for TAM program so that guidance can be provided on how to improve organizational capacities. Read more...Forecasting the Financial Needs for Transportation Assets – LCC Model
Current Status: Candidate
Summary: This project will develop a model and guidance for forecasting the future cost of maintaining transportation infrastructure assets. Read more...Aligning the Organization for TAM
Current Status: Candidate
Summary: This research will support a scan tour or peer exchange addressing organizational alignment for TAM. Read more...Return on Investment for Transportation Asset Management Data
Current Status: Candidate
Summary: The objective of this project is to determine the value of the data that is part of TAM processes by calculating ROI. Read more...AI and Deterioration Modeling
Current Status: Candidate/Concept
Summary: AI is coming – are we ready? With the MAP-21/FAST Act legislation, and the renewed emphasis on Transportation Asset Management Plans (TAMPs), projections made by management systems will come under increasing scrutiny as agency executive leadership is asked to make large scale funding decisions based on these projections. Read more...System Level Asset Valuation
Current Status: Concept
Summary: This research will help to identify international practices for incorporating asset valuation into an organization’s financial statements and determine how these can be applied in the U.S. Read more...Real Option Methodology for Risk Assessment in Asset Management
Current Status: Concept
Summary: The Real Option method allows infrastructure owners to evaluate the advantage of options that an infrastructure manager has over time. As time passes, a manager will have the ability to intervene as as an object may deteriorate at a faster rate than expected. Read more...Improving Asset Inventory and Reducing Lifecycle Costs through Improved Asset Tracking
Current Status: Concept
Summary: Research is needed to evaluate the various technologies available to assist in tracking assets, which then allows for reduced lifecycle costs. Read more...How to Recruit, Train and Maintain a TAM Staff
Current Status: Concept
Summary: Research is needed to determine how agencies can best establish a team of qualified and well trained staff under TAM. Read more...Methodology to Perform Dynamic Changes to Treatment Plans when Delays Occur
Current Status: Concept
Summary: Research is needed to further understand how to most efficiently dynamically change treatment plans as delays occur. Read more...Comparison of ISO Framework and Legislative Requirements for Asset Management Plan
Current Status: Concept
Summary: Research is needed to reconcile the existing ISO standards employed by many agencies and the standards required under the MAP-21 legislation. Read more...Guidance in the Development of Communication Plans and Asset Management
Current Status: Concept
Summary: Research is needed to determine how agencies can best “tell a better story” by creating a asset management marketing plan to best market their agency to the decision makers and the public. Read more...Infrastructure Needs for Autonomous Vehicles
Current Status: Concept
Summary: Research is needed to asses the changes that should occur to our roadways to autonomous vehicles become increasingly sophisticated and widespread. Read more...Keeping Inventory and Condition Data Up-to-Date
Current Status: Concept
Summary: Read more...Connecting TAM to Operations
Current Status: Concept
Summary: Read more...Guide to Promote the Use of Performance-Based Decision Making in Maintenance
Current Status: Concept
Summary: Read more...Guideline for Cross-Jurisdictional Asset Data Integration
Current Status: Concept
Summary: Research is needed to evaluate how to manage asset data across jurisdictions in compliance with recent FHWA regulations Read more...Coordinating Asset Management with Transportation Systems Management and Operations
Current Status: Concept
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