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New
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ms Asset Management and Performance
in the Next Highway Program
Potential Paradigm Shifts in TransportationSASHTO - Biloxi, Mississippi
September 1, 2009
King W. GeeAssociate Administrator for Infrastructure
Federal Highway Administration
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ms Historical Context
Continually Evolving – Shifting Paradigms
• Changed View on Highway Safety– Engineers Built Structures to Stand!
• Problem: People Were Dying
– 1960’s – Saw & Owned the Problem
• Flexibility in Highway Design CSD– Engineering: Plan, Design & Build “Well”
• “Decide, Announce, Defend”
– 1980’s – Road was More than A Road• Balancing of Other Societal Goals with
Transportation
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New
Par
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ms Historical Context
Continually Evolving
• Changed View on Highway Safety– Engineers Built Structures to Stand!
• Problem: People Were Dying
– 1960’s – Saw & Owned the Problem
• Flexibility in Highway Design CSD– Engineering: Plan, Design & Build “Well”
• “Decide, Announce, Defend”
– 1980’s – Road was More than A Road• Balancing of Other Societal Goals with
Transportation
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New
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ms Asset Management & Performance
Two Inter-related Concepts Next Highway Program
Start: PMS in 1980’s
New Motivations
• Funding Shortfall
• Good Stewardship
• Aging Infrastructure: Huge Needs – “Worst First” approach won’t do it
• Accountability for Use of Funds, including Reporting
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What is Transportation Asset Management?
““Transportation Asset Management is a Transportation Asset Management is a strategicstrategic and and systematicsystematic process of process of operating, operating, maintaining, upgrading and expanding maintaining, upgrading and expanding physical assetsphysical assets effectively throughout their effectively throughout their lifecyclelifecycle. It focuses on business and . It focuses on business and engineering practices for resource allocation engineering practices for resource allocation and utilization, with the objective of and utilization, with the objective of better better decision makingdecision making based upon based upon quality quality informationinformation and and well defined objectiveswell defined objectives.” .”
AASHTO Subcommittee on Asset ManagementAASHTO Subcommittee on Asset Management
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ms Asset Management & Performance
Two Inter-related Concepts Next Highway Program
New Applications • Not Merely An Inventory
– To inform programming decisions– To forecast conditions and needs
• Analysis of Different Investment Options – Levels of Service– Benefit Cost
• Life Cycle Perspective• Cross-Silo Program Management
– Preservation, Capacity, Safety• Linkage of “Cause & Effect”
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Nationwide Highway Bridges by Age
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
0-4
5-9
10-1
415
-19
20-2
425
-29
30-3
435
-39
40-4
445
-49
50-5
455
-59
60-6
465
-69
70-7
475
-79
80-8
485
-89
90-9
4
95-1
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00
Age Category in Years
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ges
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Nationwide Highway Bridges by Age and Condition
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
0-4
5-9
10-1
415
-19
20-2
425
-29
30-3
435
-39
40-4
445
-49
50-5
455
-59
60-6
465
-69
70-7
475
-79
80-8
485
-89
90-9
4
95-1
00>1
00
Age Category in Years
Nu
mb
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f B
rid
ges
No Deficiences Functionally Obsolete Structurally Deficient
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ms Asset Management & Performance
Two Inter-related Concepts Next Highway Program
Start: Highway Capacity Manual (LOS)
: On-Time, On-Budget, & Quality
New Motivations
• System Basically In-place with Congestion Growing
• Accountability for Investments
• Seeing Beyond Engineering
New
Par
adig
ms Asset Management & Performance
Two Inter-related Concepts Next Highway Program
New Applications• Performance & Measurement Areas
– Safety – System Preservation – Mobility/Congestion – Freight/Economic Growth – Environment and Community
• Setting of Performance Targets• Accountability & Reporting• Linking of Funding to Performance
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Thank You!
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ms Evolving & Contrasting Focus
• Program Management vs. Project Delivery
• Performance Measures vs. Program of Capital Needs
• Asset Management vs. “Find-It & Fix-It”
• Context Sensitive Solutions vs. The Engineered-Preferred
Solution
• “Transportation” vs. “Construction Projects”
• Risk Management vs. Total Control
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ms Closing Thoughts
Reconnecting Highways with Popular Aspirations
• Past Support for Highways – Never Based on Engineering Interest, but– Defense, – Connecting People and Places– “Coast to Coast without a stop”
• Importance of Transportation– Must Reconnect with Popular Aspirations
• Safe & Efficient Movement of People & Goods• Performance in Meaningful Lay Terms
• Paradigm Shifts Change Our Business
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4500 South over I-215
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