Research Theme: Transportation Asset Management
Transportation Asset Management

Definition: Processes of upgrading, maintaining, and expanding transportation assets throughout their life-cycles
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Corresponding TRID/TRT Terms
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- Foresight: Informing Transportation’s Future (NCHRP Report 750 Series)
The introduction to a series of reports produced by the NCHRP to help state DOTs understand scenario planning and the types of future scenarios that they may have to prepare for.
- Performance-Based Tools to Enhance Investment Decision Making: Assessing a Regional Bridge Network and the Long-Term Consequences of Underinvestment
This study assessed the impacts of underinvestment in bridges and developed tools for identifying investment priorities.
- Sidewalk Scout, Sidewalk Sentry, and the Sidewalk Priority Index: Cost-Effective Tools for Inventorying and Managing Sidewalk Assets and Prioritizing Improvements in Small to Large Communities
This report describes tools developed for managing pedestrian infrastructure as a transportation asset.
- Development of a Methodology for the Assessment of Sea Level Rise Impacts on Florida’s Transportation Modes and Infrastructure
This report observes trends in sea level rise (SLR) and proposes strategies for adapting to the changing coastal environment.
- Energy Intensive Infrastructure Investments with Retrofits in Continuous Time: Effects of Uncertainty on Energy Use and Carbon Emissions
This policy research paper investigates infrastructure investments and retrofits, providing analysis of the efficiencies and environmental impacts of infrastructure investment decisions.
- Examining the Effects of Transportation Governance on Infrastructure Adaptation to Climate Change
This report brings together the findings from several projects that seek a better understanding of the factors that influence decision-making in relation to adaptation to climate change.
- Adapting Transport Infrastructure to Climate Change: How to Protect Assets Against Increased Risks from Extreme Weather
The International Transport Forum discusses risks that climate change poses for transportation assets, and development of assessment tools.
- A Multi-Objective Sustainable Model for Transportation Asset Management Practices
This report includes a literature review and overview of tools to facilitate selection of performance measures that promote sustainable transportation asset management (TAM) practices.