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Operations Asset Management

Program Areas > Reducing Recurring Congestion

Transportation agencies are faced with rising demand and reduced resources. In addition, making transportation improvement decisions is becoming increasingly complex. Taking into account the uniqueness of each transportation region, its system performance, and customer improvement preferences is challenging and sometimes overwhelming for practitioners and decision makers. A comprehensive asset management approach cuts across all individual assets to indicate the status of the entity, what the entity needs to invest in to maintain performance and where the entity could invest to improve its performance.

  • About Operations Asset Management
  • Elements of a Comprehensive Signals Asset Management System (FHWA-HOP-05-006) (HTML, PDF - 878KB)
  • Identification of Operation Assets (FHWA-HOP-05-056) (HTML, PDF - 639KB)
  • Signal Systems Asset Management State-of-the-Practice Review (FHWA-OP-04-020) (HTML, PDF - 1.06MB)

Contact Us

For more information about the Operations Asset Management, please contact:

John Halkias
U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
Office of Operations, HOTM
Mail Stop: E84-402
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C. 20590
Telephone: 202-366-2183
Fax: 202-366-3302
John.Halkias@dot.gov

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