Document Library

Volume 1 of this report provides guidance in AASHTO-standard format for the application of roadway lighting and identifies gaps in guidance, where further research may need to be established.

The objective of this research is to develop a guide for state DOTs and other transportation planning agencies to understand, predict, plan for, and adapt to the potential impacts of emerging disruptive technologies. In preparing this guide, the research should identify issues, effects, and opportunities at the intersection of disruptive transportation technologies and organizational performance for senior managers at state DOTs and other transportation planning agencies.

The objectives of this project are to (a) document (beyond anecdotal discussions alone) concerns, issues and challenges DOTs and other government agencies have encountered in implementing federal transportation performance management (TPM) regulations; and (b) provide a framework for more systematic assessment of the costs associated with implementation. The research should build on previous research by NCHRP and others to characterize at least the following components of these concerns, issues and challenges:

• Prioritized list of concerns, issues and challenges encountered
• Explanation and discussion of each concern, issue, or challenge
• Specific examples of each concern, issue, or challenge as experienced by DOTs, MPOs, or others
• Realistic proposals of how concerns, issues and challenges may be addressed, ameliorated, or eliminated, for example through staff training, provision of guidance or other technical resources, or revisions to regulations
• Proposed framework for data collection and analysis that agencies may use to develop estimates of their implementation levels of effort
• Possible next steps and action items to be undertaken by various stakeholders to address concerns, issues and challenges.

North Carolina DOT (NCDOT) produced an interim TAMP in 2018 as part of the process to develop the final plan that is due on June 30, 2019. As an interim plan, parts of the document are left for completion in the final 2019 submission. The 2018 TAMP provides a description of the processes NCDOT will use to finalize analysis for Chapter 4 – Life‐cycle Cost Planning, Chapter 5 – Risk Management Analysis, and Chapter 6 – Financial Plan. Chapter 8 Process Improvements will be included as part of the 2019 final TAMP submission.

The NDOT 2022 TAMP describes current asset management practices to increase transparency. This TAMP highlights one of the agency’s eight strategic goals: "Asset Management – To operate, maintain, upgrade and expand physical assets effectively throughout their life cycle" and describes many of the detailed processes that support and guide decisions for project development and delivery.