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The Connecticut plan, Connecticut on the Move: Strategic Long-Range Transportation Plan 2009-2035, lays out the State of Connecticut's transportation policy. The plan reflects transportation initiatives passed in Connecticut in the preceding years to 2009. There are five components to the Connecticut action plan: preservation, system modifications, system productivity, economic and environmental impact, and strategic capacity improvements.

The objective of this project was to use the techniques developed in earlier NCHRP 20-24(37) projects to develop comparative statistics on highway safety, factors likely influencing safety experience of states, and strategies used by states with best safety experience. The research entailed recruiting volunteer states to provide data, compiling and analysing the data provided to compute comparative and summary performance statistics, identifying superior performance among the participating states while maintaining the participants' anonymity, and determining Best Practices that contribute to superior performance results. A detailed Best Practice Analysis was conducted for the top performing statesthat were willing to permit their identities to be revealed.

This document provides background information and guidance on Lean Thinking. It includes detailed discussion on the two pillars and the 14 principles of Lean methodology.

This document is designed to assist the practitioner in navigating through the Part 5 sub-parts of the Austroads Guide to Asset Management. It contains a brief overview of the topic without going into detail, as detailed discussion on key issues are offered in other volumes of the Part 5 series. The measurement of pavement performance and its significance is briefly discussed. The section on data management touches on the key aspects of data classification, level of service and information quality levels. The reader may gain a general overview of the key issues of data management, data types and classification. Some guidance is given regarding the consideration of the types of data selected and the frequency of data collection. To underline the general nature of the discussion, the term 'pavement management system' (PMS) was avoided and the generic term 'decision support system' (DSS) was used. The terminology is also useful to keep the topic in context; i.e. a PMS is a specific application of a DSS for one asset class, i.e. the pavement. The overview covers the working of a decision support system and the classification of DSS. The brief discussion of various models assists the reader to orientate in this otherwise complex territory. The section also includes brief definitions of key terminology covering the key components of a DSS, such as triggers, works effects, maintenance standards, etc.

Case study: New York City Transit

Overview of the Washington, DC and Maryland Metro System and discussion of the definition of the State of Good Repair, presented at the State of Good Repair Roundtable, Washington, DC , July 8 -10, 2009.

Overview of FTA Strategic Research Planning and Research Target Development

Case Study: Foothill Transit

Case study: Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority's SGR database

State of Good Repair Case study: Metro Develops an affordable solution for the long-term maintenance of the MetroBus and Call-A-Ride vehicle fleets while improving customer satisfaction and system reliability.

Discussion of the Transit analysis for the Highway and Transit Conditions and Performance Report to Congress, Revising the Fixed Guideway Modernization Formula, and Implementing a SGR fund designed to sunset in 20 years, linked to SGR planning requirements (an asset management plan)

A pilot scale culvert information management system (CIMS) was developed for the New Jersey Department of Transportation to comply with requirements stipulated by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, GASB-34, and new federal stormwater regulations. The condition states of culverts are used to express the extent of their deterioration and survival probabilities. A financial analysis model was developed on the basis of the remaining value of culverts and the user cost of failures. Different rehabilitation options were discussed, and recommendations were made for deteriorated culverts on the basis of financial analysis. The pilot CIMS can analyze prescribed culvert information and make decisions to inspect, rehabilitate, or replace culverts or to do nothing at project and network levels. At the project level, this is achieved by comparing inspection, rehabilitation, or replacement costs with risks and costs associated with failure. At the network level, the associated costs are optimized to meet annual maintenance budget allocations by prioritizing culverts needing inspection and rehabilitation or replacement. The CIMS has three major computer software components: databases, user interfaces, and functionality modules. Modules include inlet–outlet structures, culvert segments, culvert assessment, and optimization. Users are able to retrieve culvert and inlet–outlet structure physical and financial information and to generate reports vis-à-vis location, road, and milepost for condition state and assets needing immediate repair. The CIMS will also do the following operations: maintain an up-to-date inventory of eligible infrastructure assets; perform maintenance of eligible infrastructure assets for a given budget using a replicable basis of measurement and measurement scale; and summarize results, noting any factors that may influence trends in the information reported.