Relationships Between Asset Management and Travel Demand:
Findings and Recommendations from Four State DOT Site Visits

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Table of Contents

• Chapter 1. Executive Summary
  • 1.1 Background
  • 1.2 Study Objectives
  • 1.3 Study Approach and Sample States
  • 1.4 Key Findings
  • 1.5 Recommendations
• Chapter 2. Introduction: Trends in Asset Management and Travel Demand
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Adoption of TAM
  • 2.3 Trends in Highway Capacity and Travel Demand
  • 2.4 Summary
• Chapter 3. Study Objectives and Approach
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Study Objectives
  • 3.3 Study Approach and Sample States
  • 3.4 Characteristics of the Participant States
  • 3.5 Comparative Analysis of State DOT-Operated Highways
• Chapter 4. Assessment of Four State DOTs' Use of Asset Management To Address Travel Demand Growth
  • 4.1 Approach
  • 4.2 Michigan DOT (MDOT)
  • 4.3 Utah DOT (UDOT)
  • 4.4 California DOT (Caltrans)
  • 4.5 North Carolina DOT (NCDOT)
  • 4.6 Summary
• Chapter 5. Relationships Between Asset Management, Long-Range Planning, Long-Range Budgeting, And Travel Demand
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Long-Range Goals and Objectives
  • 5.3 Current and Projected Conditions and Performance
  • 5.4 Identification of Investment Strategies
  • 5.5 Long-Term Investment Needs and Budgeting
  • 5.6 Performance Monitoring
• Chapter 6. Findings and Recommendations
  • 6.1 Key Findings
  • 6.2 Recommendations
• Appendix A. Performance Measures
• Appendix B. Participating State DOT Staff
• Appendix C. State DOT Interview Guide
• Appendix D. Michigan DOT Pre-Interview Survey Response
• Appendix E. North Carolina DOT Pre-Interview Survey Response
• Appendix F. Utah DOT Pre-Interview Survey Response

List of Exhibits

• Exhibit 1-1: Growth of U.S. highway miles and VMT, 1936 to 2004
• Exhibit 2-1: Primary TAM functions and their relationships
• Exhibit 2-2: Growth of population, GDP, vehicles, and total highway lane-miles
• Exhibit 2-3: Growth of PMT, VMT, truck ton-miles, and total highway lane-miles
• Exhibit 2-4: Growing share of truck ton-miles as percentage of total U.S. freight ton-miles
• Exhibit 2-5: Growth in capacity, volume, and loadings on the Interstate system
• Exhibit 2-6: Urban functionally deficient bridges in 1990-2004
• Exhibit 2-7: Growth of total and deficient bridges, 1990-2004
• Exhibit 2-8: Urban and rural VMT per lane-mile
• Exhibit 2-9: Roadway congestion index
• Exhibit 2-10: Travel time index
• Exhibit 2-11: Projected investment requirements versus current spending
• Exhibit 3-1: Travel demand as inputs to and outputs of TAM processes
• Exhibit 3-2: Demographic, roadway, and travel-demand characteristics of sample states
• Exhibit 3-3: Total lane-miles statewide in sample states
• Exhibit 3-4: State-controlled lane-miles in sample states
• Exhibit 3-5: Average annual increase in state-controlled lane-miles
• Exhibit 3-6: Percentage of state-controlled highways located in urban areas
• Exhibit 3-7: Daily VMT on state-controlled highways
• Exhibit 3-8: AADT per lane on state-controlled highways
• Exhibit 3-9: AADT per lane on urban versus rural state-controlled highways
• Exhibit 3-10: Rate of growth in lane-miles and travel demand, 1994-2004
• Exhibit 3-11: Total annual travel delay in sample state urban areas
• Exhibit 3-12: Annual delay per traveler in sample state urban areas
• Exhibit 3-13: Truck traffic as a share of statewide VMTs
• Exhibit 3-14: Capital and maintenance expenditures from federal, state and local sources
• Exhibit 4-1: MDOT's organizational structure
• Exhibit 4-2: Example RQFS output based on a hypothetical investment scenario
• Exhibit 4-3: UDOT's organizational structure
• Exhibit 4-4: Caltrans' organizational structure
• Exhibit 5-1: Similarities between TAM and SLRP processes
• Exhibit 5-2: Michigan: Congested Vs. UnCongested VMTs on State Controlled Routes
• Exhibit 5-3: Number of SLRPs containing various pieces of information
• Exhibit 5-4: MDOT road, bridge and routine maintenance program (un-prioritized)
• Exhibit 5-5: Potential revenue alternatives to help fund MDOT's budget gap
• Exhibit 5-6: Sources and uses of funds projected in UDOT's SLRP
• Exhibit 5-7: Caltrans performance measures listed by SLRP goal

Publication No. FHWA-IF-07-016