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23 chapter three Survey of the State of the Practice Although the literature makes it clear agencies have varied approaches to resource allocation among programs, a survey of the 50 states provides greater detail about how states are addressing this issue, the resources they have available, and their self-assessments of the adequacy and defensibility of their current processes and methods. Survey inStrument, DiStribution, anD reSPonSe A survey of state agencies was conducted between February and June 2016.
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24 Only two DOTs began development of their strategies after legislative action. However, a significant number of resource allocation processes were later codified by state legislatures (ten of 37)
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25 Almost all states (36 of 37) consider highway and bridge preservations to be covered.
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26 communication tools, better predictive models of asset condition, and tools of multiobjective analysis, or cross-program comparisons. tranSParency anD ProceSS (Survey Questions 3, 10, 11, 15, and 16)
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27 more agencies have reported they have less discretion now than in the past regarding how to allocate resources, citing state laws as the most constraining factors (even more so than federal laws)
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28 TABLE 3 FINDINgS FROM THE SuRvEy REgARDINg SEvEN ASPECTS OF RESOuRCE ALLOCATION Aspect Survey Findings 1. Preservation versus improvement balance Many more agencies consider preservation programs to be covered by a strategic resource allocation process than expansion programs, for which project-level considerations and political input often play a larger role.
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