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Strategic Objective

SUSTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS

Strategic Objective

Reduce the costs of sustaining the Nation’s transportation infrastructure, equipment, facilities, and technology by instilling proven asset management practices through partnerships with other governmental agencies and

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Overview

The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) Act requires States to develop and implement asset management plans and performance plans specifically for highways and bridge infrastructure. MAP-21 also establishes a new National Transit Asset Management System, requiring a strategic approach to asset management by grantees. We will encourage our partners to adopt and use asset management practices through training and technical assistance, research and demonstration projects, and by adopting common performance measures and reporting systems.

Progress Update

The 2013 DOT Condition and Performance Report for highway and transit reported that the Nation continues to struggle with keeping its transportation infrastructure in good condition. A lack of good information about inventories and conditions compound the challenge of maintaining conditions with limited resources.

In FY 2015, the Federal Highways Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) made progress in developing tools and techiniques for State and local transportation agencies to keep better track of their inventory and measure its condition.

Details for FHWA's asset management initiatives can be found at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/asset/pubs/hif13042.pdf.

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Strategic Goal:

State of Good Repair

Statement:

Ensure the U.S. proactively maintains critical transportation infrastructure in a state of good repair.

Strategic Objectives

MAINTAIN OR IMPROVE OPERATING CONDITIONS

Statement:

Maintain or improve the availability, reliability, and performance of the Nation’s transportation infrastructure, equipment, and facilities by ensuring that they are functioning as designed within their useful lives.

Description:

Recent reports on the condition of our roadways, bridges, transit assets, and passenger rail facilities reveal that many fall short of state of good repair. As a result, they compromise the safety, capacity, and efficiency of the U.S. transportation network. As a Nation, we have not adequately maintained our major roadway, transit, and rail systems. However, the federal role in achieving state of good repair varies from mode to mode. We influence the condition of Federally-funded roadway, transit and airport infrastructure through program guidance and technical assistance provided to State departments of transportation, transit agencies, and airport authorities; through research and development we produce the knowledge, guidance and innovations needed to more effectively address the Nation’s infrastructure challenges. Public transportation systems provide service to tens of millions of Americans daily, especially in our Nation’s largest metropolitan areas. These major transit systems, some of which are over one hundred years old, suffer from chronic under-investment and less than optimal application of asset management practices. As a Nation, we need to meet an increasing demand for public transportation and bring transit infrastructure into a state of good repair. We will work in partnership with State departments of transportation, local transit agencies, and other grant recipients to administer Federal transit programs. We will provide financial assistance, policy direction, technical expertise, and grant compliance oversight aimed at improving transit and rail assets. We will work with Amtrak to eliminate the backlog of projects in the U.S. Northeast corridor.

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