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... 123 A P P E N D I X B Annotated Bibliography This appendix provides additional detail on the materials reviewed for the research and summarized in Appendix A AASHTO, "Pavement Management Guide," 2nd Edition, 2012.
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... 124 Return on Investment in Transportation Asset Management Systems and Practices Chapter 8 discusses the implementation of a pavement management system, including the different types of software available and institutional issues that agencies face in adopting pavement management practices. Chapter 9 discusses evolving issues such as national initiatives in sustainability and livability, and increased privatization of highway maintenance activities.
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... Appendix B 125 AASHTO, "Transportation Asset Management Guide -- A Focus on Implementation," prepared for NCHRP Project 8-69 by AECOM, Spy Pond Partners, and Paul D Thompson, 2011.
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... 126 Return on Investment in Transportation Asset Management Systems and Practices state of the practice in ancillary TAM and collect data for the development of the evaluation framework. Very little was found on data collection costs and specific cost savings due to TAM systems implementation.
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... Appendix B 127 provides useful descriptions of how the HSI reduced the effort required for data collection and improved data quality and ease of use. Bernhardt, S., and McNeil, S., "Impacts of Condition Assessment Variability on Life Cycle Costs," ASCE, 2006.
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... 128 Return on Investment in Transportation Asset Management Systems and Practices The purpose of this report is to develop best practice methodology for calculating ROI, emphasizing a more comprehensive set of factors and impacts to include within ROI analysis. It focuses on incorporating the concepts of: (1)
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... Appendix B 129 conditions from 1996 to 2005. Information from the Michigan TAM was used by the governor and legislature in providing substantial increases in funding for pavement and bridge preservation in 1997.
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... 130 Return on Investment in Transportation Asset Management Systems and Practices Dye Management Group, Inc., "Monitoring Highway Assets with Remote Technology," Michigan Department of Transportation, July 2014. This report describes and evaluates remote technologies available for use when collecting data about attributes of twenty-seven MDOT priority assets.
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... Appendix B 131 qualitative benefits. The report also provides case study examples of instances where preventive maintenance actions for pavements and bridges provided savings relative to more costly actions.
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... 132 Return on Investment in Transportation Asset Management Systems and Practices The Guide includes transit asset management case studies from the London Underground, King County Metro Transit (Seattle) , Valley Regional Transit (Meridian, Idaho)
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... Appendix B 133 recommended improvements. Three of the participating agencies provided quantitative estimates of the benefits of TAM.
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... 134 Return on Investment in Transportation Asset Management Systems and Practices Markow, M., and Hyman, W., NCHRP Synthesis of Highway Practice 397: Bridge Management Systems for Transportation Agency Decision Making, 2009. This report provides information on current practices for making network-level investment and resource allocation decisions for bridge programs and the application of bridge management capabilities to support these decisions.
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... Appendix B 135 or 1) variable indicating whether or not there is a pavement management system.
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... 136 Return on Investment in Transportation Asset Management Systems and Practices cycle costs, were less likely to be selected without the HVS test. The probabilities of selecting a given alternative under the "Without HVS" and "With HVS" cases were discussed with pavement engineers who were familiar with the project and had first-hand knowledge of the HVS test and implementation of the research products.
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... Appendix B 137 required for physical inventory collection, acquisition cost for hardware and software, and annual maintenance expense. Spy Pond Partners, NCHRP Report 800: Successful Practices in GIS-Based Asset Management, 2015.
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... 138 Return on Investment in Transportation Asset Management Systems and Practices Vasquez, C., Heaslip, K., Louisell, W., "A Practice Proven Pavement Management System for Local Governments," submitted for presentation and publication at the 89th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., 2010. The paper presents a case study of a pavement management system in the city of Tooele, Utah.
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... Appendix B 139 Wilde, J., Thompson, L., and Wood, T., "Cost-Effective Pavement Preservation Solutions for the Real Word," Center for Transportation Research and Implementation, Minnesota State University, Mankato, September 2014. This report documents a project focused on the real-world application of pavement preservation techniques to extend the life of pavements.

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