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This issue of TAMNews discusses the performance measure and target setting activities of the Southern California Regional Rail Authority and its efforts to develop a transit asset management (TAM) plan that complies with the final rule.

This guide provides a comprehensive framework to identify and manage risk for state departments of transportation, as well as establish and maintain an enterprise risk management program. It includes extensive summaries of how risk management is being applied nationally and internationally to typical transportation program areas.

With almost 20,000 lane miles on the Oregon highway system, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is responsible for managing and maintaining its roadway assets. Managed assets include barriers, traffic signals, lighting, pavement markings, and signs. ODOT has developed an inventory of its assets and evaluates asset condition in order to efficiently manage maintenance efforts. Over several years, ODOT implemented two new programs to manage their roadway assets, TransInfo and the Features, Attributes, and Conditions – Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (FACS-STIP) Tool. TransInfo is a statewide asset management system. It provides ODOT asset management staff with the most up-to-date statistics on assets and other features on the State highway system. The FACS-STIP Tool is a web-based program that provides information on an asset’s location, attributes, and condition to all users with internet access.

This presentation from the December 2016 Lean Forum includes detailed presentations from the Idaho Transportation Department, Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure, and SCOPM Business Meeting Organizational Excellence Task Force Update.

This report details the many technologies, cutting-edge research, best practices and policies WisDOT is utilizing to deliver transportation projects and services in an efficient and responsible fashion. It itemizes numerous measures WisDOT is implementing to enhance the safety, durability and reliability of Wisconsin’s nearly 11,800 miles of state and federal highways, across various domains, including project management, system operations, research, and technology.

The purpose of this primer is to assist transportation planners in effectively using archived operations data for developing, analyzing, and evaluating transportation plans and programs. This primer raises planners’ awareness of the opportunities afforded through archived operations data and provides guidance on how to take advantage of that data to expand and improve planning practices. It also identifies innovative applications for archived operations data in planning. This primer aims to help planners and their operations data partners overcome the barriers to obtaining and using data, regardless of whether they are just getting started with using the data or have substantive experience.

Alaska's long range transportation plan establishes the state's policies and priorities for transportation investment through 2036. It replaces the previous long range plan from 2008 and meets the Federal requirements of MAP-21 and the FAST Act. The plan defines a framework for balancing the development, preservation, operation and maintenance of different transportation modes for urban and rural communities across the state. The broad policies, goals and actions outlined in this plan feed into the detailed regional and metropolitan improvement programs.

This report included 137 recommendations for providing, operating, maintaining, and using public infrastructure in Victoria, Australia, over the next 30 years (report published in 2016).

In 2015, more than 35,000 people in the United States lost their lives in motor vehicle-related crashes. Every time a crash results in death or serious injuries, it affects countless families, friends, employers, and communities in ways that have lasting and far-reaching effects.

The Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) is a Federal High--way Administration program that funds State safety projects intended to reduce fatalities and serious injuries. States may use HSIP funds for infrastructure improvements that address safety concerns (for example, intersection design, pedestrian crossings, and retrofits to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions).

In 2012, FHWA embarked on a new and improved approach to managing HSIP. This core Federal-aid program now requires transportation performance management as a basis for improving highway safety. The new focus will enhance data-driven safety decisions, improve collaboration across a wide range of safety partners, provide transparency for the public, and, most important, save lives.

On October 24, 2016 FHWA published its final rule on required state-approved asset management plans and processes. This factsheet summarizes key elements of the final rule.

This video covers the ITD Best of the Best Awards in 2016, including information on the winners and improvements to the program itself, which encourages continuous improvement. The categories in which an award may be received for an innovative solution are safety, customer service, economic opportunity, cost savings, mobility, time savings, and employee development.

This system of rating the risk of rockfalls was developed for the Oregon Department of Transportation. The goal behind a comprehensive system for evaluating the risk is to allow the DOT to address the risk in a systematic and proactive way instead of simply responding to incidents retroactively. The report has directions for how any agency can implement their rating systems for rockfall hazards. Although the system addresses just the risk of rockfalls, the general principles behind it can also be extrapolated to any specific risk that a transportation system needs to classify.