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This discussion paper was prepared at AASHTO’s request to clarify the relationship between asset management and performance management and to help ensure that efforts to advance these related concepts are coordinated. The basic principles of asset management and performance management are the same and the two concepts are not in conflict. The term asset management can be used to describe a performance-based approach for managing transportation system physical assets. The term performance management can then be used to describe the application of the same basic principles used in asset management to the broader set of performance objectives related to system operations/reliability, safety, congestion relief, freight mobility, environment, etc., as well as to aspects of a transportation organization itself such as project and program delivery.

The purpose of this report is to synthesize results from the current body of research on state DOT comparative performance measurement, providing readers with a balanced understanding of the value, limitations and appropriate use of currently available comparative performance measures. This synthesis is timely given the current emphasis in draft legislation on a performance

Presented at the 9th National Conference on Transportation Asset Management: Making Asset Management Work in Your Organization, April 16-18, 2012, San Diego, California. Overview of Transit Service in San Diego and planned expansion projects.

Presented at the 9th National Conference on Transportation Asset Management: Making Asset Management Work in Your Organization, April 16-18, 2012, San Diego, California. Case study of New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Long Range Capital Planning, Asset Management System Information to Maintain Service Delivery and to Assess State of Good Repair

Forming and Implementing Transportation Asset Management as a Core Business Process: Indiana Department of Transportation's Experience. Presented at the 9th National Conference on Transportation Asset Management: Making Asset Management Work in Your Organization, April 16-18, 2012, San Diego, California.

Case studies of OH and NC state DOTs show how asset management can be used as a systematic financial framework for managing infrastructure and satisfying several mission-critical needs, showing infrastructure deficits if they exist. Presented at the 9th National Conference on Transportation Asset Management: Making Asset Management Work in Your Organization, April 16-18, 2012, San Diego, California.

Transportation Asset Management for Long-Term Sustainability, Accountability, and Performance. Presented at the 9th National Conference on Transportation Asset Management: Making Asset Management Work in Your Organization, April 16-18, 2012, San Diego, California.

WSDOT’s Performance Management Philosophy and Practice. Presented at the 9th National Conference on Transportation Asset Management: Making Asset Management Work in Your Organization, April 16-18, 2012, San Diego, California.

2011 International Study Focuses on: Identifying processes for implementing sustainable performance-based programs for managing pavements; Acquiring effective communication strategies; Learning how to develop agency cultures to support performance-based programs; Identifying tools, techniques, and other mechanisms to support and encourage performance-based management.. Presented at the 9th National Conference on Transportation Asset Management: Making Asset Management Work in Your Organization, April 16-18, 2012, San Diego, California.

Discussion of Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) needs and drivers, Service Availability, Maintenance & Legislation. Presented at the 9th National Conference on Transportation Asset Management: Making Asset Management Work in Your Organization, April 16-18, 2012, San Diego, California.

Asset Management Implementations Within the OH Department of Transportation, with a focus on culvert management and GIS applications. Presented at the 9th National Conference on Transportation Asset Management: Making Asset Management Work in Your Organization, April 16-18, 2012, San Diego, California.

Active Asset Management in State Departments of Transportation, using the examples of Idaho and NC. Presented at the 9th National Conference on Transportation Asset Management: Making Asset Management Work in Your Organization, April 16-18, 2012, San Diego, California.