Making a Federal Case Out of

State of Good Repair

Sean Gordon LibbertonDeputy Associate Administrator

Office of Program Management

Today’s Presentation

Magnitude of the Problem

FTA SGR Efforts Asset Management and

Other Considerations

Rail Mod Study Agencies

Magnitude of the ProblemApril 2009 Rail Mod Study

Initial FTA State of Good Repair Efforts

State of Good Repair Workshop – August 2008

“Transit State of Good Repair: Beginning the Dialogue” – October 2008

CEO Panel on State of Good Repair at APTA Annual Conference – October 2008

“Rail Modernization Study” – April 2009

Ongoing FTA State of Good Repair Efforts

FTA State of Good Repair Website www.fta.dot.gov/index_8986.html

SGR Industry Working Group State of Good Repair Roundtable – July 2009 Development of Training Course on Transit

Asset Management Transit Asset Management Scan

Transit Asset Management

Comprehensive asset management includes: Goals and Objectives: For example, attainment of a

state of good repair Asset Inventory: Listing of all fixed assets, including

type, condition, remaining life and value Condition Assessment Process: Process to assess

the condition of all inventory assets Decision Support Tools (models): Tools to analyze

and prioritize long-term investment needs Options and Tradeoff Analysis: Process to

evaluate the investment tradeoffs and investment returns of alternate investment options

Decision Making processes: Decision making process to allocate resources between competing uses

Monitoring: Performance measures and performance targets based on agency goals and objectives

Transportation Asset Management (TAM) Process

Goals and Objectives

Asset Inventory

Condition Assessment and Investment Needs Modeling

Performance Monitoring

Short- and Long-Range Plans (Project Selection)

Program Implementation

Budget / Allocations

Alternatives Evaluation and Program Optimization

TAM process as promoted by AASHTO and FHWA

Transit Asset Management

State of Transit Industry All 7 Rail Modernization Study agencies maintain

comprehensive asset inventories for capital planning purposes

Only 3 Study agencies conduct comprehensive asset condition assessments regularly

Only 1 Study agency uses decision support tools Only 2 Study agencies use objective, multi-factor

project scoring process to rank and prioritize investment needs

FTA Asset Management Scan

Technical report detailing Details on literature published in SGR analysis and transit

asset management Summary of practices at representative agencies, including

Large U.S. agencies with significant rail systems Smaller agencies Selected international examples Selected state DOT examples

Discussion of the state of the practice and potential future directions

FTA Asset Management Scan

Large Systems CTA MARTA MetroLink MTC

International Systems London Toronto

Small Systems Chapel Hill Transit GRTC

DOTs VDRPT ODOT

Potential Next Steps?.......

Modification to the Existing FGM Formula? Temporary SGR Investment Fund? Technical Support for Asset Management? Capital Asset Reporting?