Policy & Strategy

Institutionalizing asset management and establishing an asset management culture through clear, consistent policy and strategy is a critical component of the successful leadership and management of a transit agency. This topic collates reports, presentations, and case studies that offer insight into the ways to establish and implement agency-wide asset management policies and strategies.

Reports and TAMNews

• Guidance for Developing a Transit Asset Management Plan
• Asset Management Guide Report No 0023
• TCRP 157- Prioritizing the Rehabilitation and Replacement of Existing Capital Assets and Evaluating the Implications for Transit
• January 2015 TAMNews: State of Good Repair: Noteworthy Practices
• November 2014 TAMNews: Introductory Edition

SGR Roundtables

• SGR Roundtable 4: FTA Updates
• SGR Roundtable 4: Transit Asset Management Manual: Overview
• SGR Roundtable 3: Feedback Sesson Results
• SGR Roundtable 3: Transit Asset Management Framework Research
• SGR Roundtable 2: Addressing the Challenge: Formulating a Definition of SGR for a Federal Program
• SGR Roundtable 2: State of Good Repair Potential Concepts
• SGR Roundtable 2: Supply Chain/Logistics Management from the DoD Perspective 
• SGR Roundtable 1: International Perspectives on Asset Management and SGR
• SGR Roundtable 1: Perspectives on Reauthorization
• SGR Roundtable 1: State of Good Repair Research
• Rail Modernization Report

Pre-Rulemaking Activities

• Transit Asset Management NPRM
• TAM NPRM & NTD Guidance Crosswalk
• TAM NPRM 10.29.15 Webinar Slide Presentation
• TAM NPRM 10.29.15 Webinar Full Recording
• TAM NPRM 10.29.15 Webinar Full Transcript
• TAM NPRM Webinar Series Q&A
• TAM NPRM Webinar Series FAQ
• TAM NPRM Listening Session Notes: DC
• TAM NPRM Listening Session Notes: APTA
• TAM NPRM Listening Session Notes: National RTAP
• Safety and TAM Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM)

Case Studies

• Asset Management in the Water/Wastewater Industries
• Asset Management Process and Strategy
• BART Asset Management Implementation and Integration
• Chicago Transit: Asset Breakdown Structure and Asset Condition Inspections
• Chapel Hill Transit: SGR Asset Management Capital Program
• Foothill Transit: State of Good Repair (SGR Roundtable 1)
• Funding and Finance for SGR in European Transit Systems
• Houston Metro: Organizational Needs and Building Management Support for TAM
• International Transit Studies SGR Definition and Measuring
• King County Metro: TAM Program (SGR Roundtable 1)
• Long Island Railroad: Asset Management Implementation and Integration
• MARTA: Asset Management Implementation and Integration
• MARTA: Optimizing TAM Using a Systems Approach
• MARTA: Mid Life Systems (SGR Roundtable 1)
• MARTA: Asset Management System
• MBTA: Briefing
• MBTA: Capital Project Prioritization: Practices and Plans
• MBTA SGR Practices and Lessons Learned (SGR Roundtable 1)
• Regional Transit Authority (Chicago): Final Report
• SEPTA: Organizational Needs and Building Management Support for TAM
• SEPTA: Plans for Development of a System-Wide Asset Management Program and Improved Process for Prioritization of Renewal and Replacement Investment Decisions
• St. Louis Metro: Scheduled Maintenance Initiative: The Plan (SGR Roundtable 1)
• St. Louis Metro: Best Practices for Managing Asset Life Cycle Costs
• Update on Climate Adaptation Pilots
• Utah Transit Asset Condition Monitoring and Rating: Practices and Plans
• Utah Transit TAM Final Report April 2013
• Utah Transit FTA Presentation
• Utah Transit Organizational Needs and Building Management Support for TAM
• Valley Regional Transit (Idaho): TAM System Final Report
• Valley Regional Transit (Idaho): Asset Management Project Presentation
• Virginia DRPT Program Guidance and Grant Evaluation System