Best Practices for linking strategic goals to resource allocation and implementation decisions using elements of a transportation asset management

program

Project 02 – 05

June 2004

Midwest Regional University Transportation Center

College of Engineering

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

University of Wisconsin, Madison

United States Department of Transportation

Authors: Anthony M. Pagano, Sue McNeil, Alicia Morreale, Shaumik Pal, Jon Schermann, Jane Berner

Urban Transportation Center, University of Illinois-Chicago

Libby Ogard

The Tioga Group

Principal Investigator: Dr. Anthony M. Pagano

Associate Professor of Management, University of Illinois-Chicago

EXHIBIT B

Technical Report Documentation Page

1. Report No.

2. Government Accession No.

3. Recipient’s Catalog No.

CFDA 20.701

1. Title and Subtitle

Best Practices for Linking Strategic Goals to Resource Allocation and Implementation Decisions using Elements of a Transportation Asset Management Program

5. Report Date June 1, 2004

6. Performing Organization Code

7. Author/s Anthony Pagano, Sue McNeil, Libby Ogard, Alicia Morreale, Shaumik Pal, Jon Schermann, and Jane Berner

8. Performing Organization Report No.

MRUTC 02-05

9. Performing Organization Name and Address

Midwest Regional University Transportation Center

University of Wisconsin-Madison

1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI 53706

10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS)

11. Contract or Grant No.

DTRS 99-G-0005

12. Sponsoring Organization Name and Address

U.S. Department of Transportation

Research and Special Programs Administration

400 7^th Street, SW

Washington, DC 20590-0001

13. Type of Report and Period Covered

Research Report [Dates]

14. Sponsoring Agency Code

15. Supplementary Notes

Project completed for the Midwest Regional University Transportation Center with support from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

16. Abstract

The research described in this report assembles a set of tools based on experiences and best practices in a diverse set of states for linking strategic goals to resource allocation and implementation decisions using aspects of asset management. A survey of practices in each of the state DOTs that explores documents and synthesizes both strategic planning processes and asset management was conducted. With input from an expert advisory panel, five states were for detailed analysis. These are Florida, Maryland, Michigan, Montana and Pennsylvania. Each of the states was visited by a project team that spent two days on site. Information on the strategic planning and asset management process was obtained through personal interviews with DOT officials and the acquisition of materials describing these processes. Based on detailed documentation of the practices in each of these states, a synthesis of best practice of strategic planning, asset management and the linkage between the two was developed. A model process for linking asset management to strategic planning is then developed. The model process that results does not represent any particular state, but incorporates elements from all five states. This model process can provide useful guidance to states interested in augmenting their existing processes.

17. Key Words

18. Distribution Statement

No restrictions. This report is available through the Transportation Research Information Services of the National Transportation Library.

19. Security Classification (of this report)

Unclassified

20. Security Classification (of this page)

Unclassified

21. No. Of Pages

271

22. Price

-0-

Form DOT F 1700.7 (8-72) Reproduction of form and completed page is authorized.

DISCLAIMER

This research was funded by the Midwest Regional University Transportation Center, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration under Project #0092-01-10. The contents of this report reflect the views of the authors, who are responsible for the facts and the accuracy of the information presented herein. This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program, in the interest of information exchange. The U.S. Government assumes no liability for the contents or use thereof. The contents do not necessarily reflect the official views of the Midwest Regional University Transportation Center, the University of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, or the United States Department of Transportation at the time of publication.

The United States Government assumes no liability for its contents or use thereof. This report does not constitute a standard, specification, or regulation.

ACKNOWLEGEMENTS

This project is the result of the combined efforts of many people. These include the officials and managers at the state DOT’s who spent much time with us, and who’s input to this project was invaluable. The number of people providing input to this project would fill a small phone book, so instead of listing all of them, we would just like to acknowledge their cooperation.

We would like to thank the members of the expert panel who provided very valuable input at critical junctions in the project. Expert panel members are listed below.

Robert Johns, Expert Panel Chair

University of Minnesota

Robert J. Eger III

University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee

David Ekern

AASHTO

Richard Lilly

Michigan DOT

Susan Mortel

Michigan DOT

Theodore H. Poister

Georgia State University