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This presentation focuses on critical factors of success in transportation asset management and the importance of organizational structure. It begins by discussing factors of success such as upper management support, buy-in, testing and training, providing examples for each. It then discusses organizational structures and models for transportation asset management programs.

This presentation is a summary of transportation asset management policies and systems used in aiding them. It begins by discussing the focus of transportation asset management at different levels including federal, state, and local government. Then it gives an overview of the Managing Assets for Transportation System (MATS) software, including its foundation for success.

This presentation from the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) MPO gives an overview of the organization and its transportation planning process. It also reviews the current MAP-21 requirements and how it, and some of its peers have used transportation asset management at the MPO level. It concludes by linking the planning process with transportation asset management strategies.

This presentation gives an overview of aspects of Seattle relevant to transportation asset management. It then discusses the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) Status and Condition Report, which is an overview of SDOT's inventory of over 47 assets spanning 11 asset classes. In this way, it explains how this information could be used to aid in drafting a TAMP and predicting long term operational costs.

This presentation focuses on the tools and rules for performance management and setting performance targets. It lays out the basics of performance targeting and defines the "tools and rules" of the field. It gives some consideration to the future of performance management and target setting.

This presentation defines performance management, explores the motivation behind performance management, discusses the optimal metrics used in data collection, and exemplifies setting performance targeting.

This presentation recognizes the unique situation of every local transportation agency, but attempts to provide performance managements that focus on underlying factors that affect all agencies using the Metropolitan Transportation Commission of the greater San Francisco area as its case study. It outlines basic attributes of guiding principles and key performance indicators.

This presentation focuses on the developments and ongoing plans within the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT), including MnState Highway Investment Plan, the Minnesota Transportation Asset Management Plan, and the governors plan. It also discusses methods for the refinement of estimated financial needs for asset management at MnDOT.

This presentation identifies funding practices that have successfully ensured reliable, adequate funding to support the delivery of efficient and effective maintenance programs. Based upon these practices it then suggests a number of recommendations for State DOTs to help determine optimal funding levels for themselves.

This presentation is a case study of the Indiana Department of Transportation and its asset management program with help form Cambridge Systematics. In particular, the presentation discusses the varying costs that results from different possible routes of asset management and the strategies used to determine the level of available funding.

This presentation discusses sustainability, methods for measuring sustainability both quantitatively and qualitatively, and how it can be factored into decision-making for transportation asset management. It provides examples of including quantitative measurements of sustainability into asset decision analysis.

This presentation outlines the work the Connecticut DOT (CTDOT) has done to integrate its asset inventory system. An integrated system improve efficiency for asset data collection and tracking. However, the current system has little structure and the integration process is being discussed as part of the TAMP process.