Document Library

The presentation Lean California White Belt Training from the California Government Operations, introduces the origins of Lean and identifies Lean tools and principles to improve customer service, value and outputs. This presentation also provides strategies for implementing Lean principles for a sustainable workplace.

This guide provides organizations in the Highways England supply chain with guidance on practical strategies for implementing Lean visual management in their projects.

The Ohio DOT Preservation homepage communicates the agency's strategy and operational approach to preservation is clear, compelling terms. In addition to a simple user interface that highlights key initiatives, the Preservation homepage features an innovative animated video: Taking Care of What We Have that introduces basic concepts related to asset preservation, investment, and performance. The agency notes that "Most people notice when ODOT builds something new, but we actually spend 93% of our time and resources preserving our transportation system. We continue to implement new, smarter ways to improve safety and protect Ohio’s investment in the more than 43,000 miles of roads and 14,000 bridges that ODOT maintains."

A culmination of discussions with communities and other stakeholders, Louisiana's long range plan analyzes the state of the Louisiana transportation system including its condition, performance, and funding needs. The result of these analyses is a set of policy and strategy recommendations to guide the state through to 2044. The plan is multimodal, giving consideration to ports, waterways, aviation, freight, and transit as well as highways and automobile traffic.

This Transportation Asset Management Plan (TAMP) is MDT’s first formal plan that builds from the foundation established by MDT's Performance Programming Process (P3). The 2015 TAMP emphasizes communicating asset management objectives, documenting a management approach, synthesizing information, identifying potential investment strategies, assessing risks affecting transportation, and documenting current gaps.

This presentation from the November 2015 Lean Forum includes detailed presentations from the Vermont Agency of Transportation and the Texas DOT. It also includes the December Newsletter, planning information for the January and March Forum, and Lean Interchange Updates.

This report describes aprocess for DOTs to incorporate climate change and extreme weather considerations into Transportation Asset Management Plans (TAMPs). The report presents a template-based approach and step-by-step guidance for considering extreme weather events and climate change when developing or updating a TAMP.

As part of a series of videos on ITD's Best of the Best program, this video provides an overview of the continuous improvement efforts undertaken at ITD. This video outlines goals, partnerships, and innovative practices at ITD.

This plan guides long-term funding and policy decisions for Tennessee's transportation system. It consists of several documents and specifically highlights the 10-Year Strategic Investment Plan. Other papers cover trends in demographics, employment, travel, system performance, and financial revenues. A series of policy papers detail the topics of safety, security, resiliency, freight logistics, mobility, accessibility, and coordination.

The presentation STIC, Every Day Counts and Innovation from the Colorado Department of Transportation, describes the Colorado State Transportation Innovation Council's Every Day Counts program. The presentation also introduces its RoadX program intended to reduce congestion, improve safety, and increase mobility.

The 2015 Florida TAMP describes FDOT's approach to transportation system decisions. FDOT uses statutory guidance, analytical tools, and formal policies to ensure the state meets targets. Florida consistently ranks highly in state rankings for infrastructure condition.

Slides from a webinar conducted by TRB on Thursday, September 24, 2015 from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM ET that provided information about developing a Transportation Asset Management Plan that is compliant with the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). This webinar also discussed incorporating risk into investment decisions and how to align an organization to support asset management by building organizational buy-in and defining roles and responsibilities. The webinar summarized the AASHTO Peer Exchange held on 5/31/15.