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This guide outlines the principles of Transportation Asset Management (TAM) and its practical implementation strategies. It focuses on optimizing resources to achieve agency goals, evaluating strategic options, and enhancing decision-making through quality information. The guide offers self-assessment tools, good practices, and specific implementation strategies to improve asset management processes in transportation organizations. Learn more about the impacts of TAM practices on the industry at TRB.ORG.
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NCHRP Researchon Transportation Asset Management --------------- Concept to Implementation
Transportation Asset ManagementTAM “TAM focuses on a DOT’s business processes for resource allocation and utilization with the objective of better decision-making based upon quality information and well-defined objectives.” (TAM Guide, Nov 2002 ) • Optimizing resources to meet agency goals • Evaluating the consequences of various strategic options (what-if scenarios)
NCHRP Support • Project 20-24(11): AASHTO Transportation Asset Management Guide (Nov. 2002)—by Cambridge Systematics, Inc. • Defines TAM and its business processes • Provides self-assessment and good practice • Project 08-69: AASHTO Transportation Asset Management Guide: A Focus on Implementation (Jan. 2011)—AECOM • Provides specific implementation strategies
Asset Management Guides • Volume 2: NCHRP 08-69 • Volume 1: NCHRP 20-24(11)
Impacts on Practice at:http://www.trb.org/NCHRP/NCHRPImpactsonPractice.aspx TRB.ORG