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Life-Cycle Cost Analysis for Management of Highway Assets (2016)

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30 APPENDIX A Final Survey Final Agency Survey The following pages include the final survey including a description of the purpose and use of the information gathered through the agency survey and contact information if participants had concerns or questions. Dear Member of the AASHTO Standing Committee on Asset Management: The Transportation Research Board (TRB) is preparing a synthesis on Life-Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA). This effort is being conducted for NCHRP, under the sponsorship of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Offi- cials, in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration. Life-Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) for asset management has been promoted by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) since the passage of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Equity Act (ISTEA) of 1991. With the passage of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), state transportation agencies are to develop risk-based asset management plans for pavements and bridges on the national highway system, at a minimum, and are encouraged to include additional assets in their asset management plans. MAP-21 defines asset management as a strategic and systematic process of operating, maintaining, and improving physical assets, with a focus on engineering and economic analysis based upon qual- ity and quantitative information, to identify a structured sequence of maintenance, preservation, repair, rehabilitation, and replacement actions that will achieve and sustain a desired state of good repair over the life cycle of the assets at minimum practicable cost. This questionnaire is part of an effort in NCHRP Synthesis Topic 46-15 to develop an inventory of asset-level, project-level, and network/program-level processes or models for predicting life-cycle costs associated with preservation and replacement activities on a full range of highway assets and to better understand the data and knowledge gaps that exist for applying LCCA to a broad range of assets. LCCA is an economic analysis process that allows an agency to fully understand the total cost of project implementation not only to the agency but also to the user. LCCA includes costs for the life of an asset (i.e., construction to replacement) and user costs associated with typical maintenance and construction activities as well as costs associated with normal operations versus work zones. Please complete the questionnaire through SurveyGizmo by March 31, 2015. We estimate that it should take approximately 15 minutes to complete. If you have any questions, please contact our principal investigator Aimee Flannery. Any supporting materials can be sent directly to Aimee Flannery by e-mail (aimee.flannery@aemcorp.com). To encourage a high response rate to this survey, TRB has approved the following incentive structure; please provide your contact information below to receive the incentive: $20 Starbucks gift card if survey completed within 3 weeks of receipt of survey (February 27, 2015). $10 Starbucks gift card if survey completed within 6 weeks of receipt of survey (March 13, 2015). For the purposes of this survey, the following definitions have been established for consistency: • Asset-level – An individual item. For example, individual bridges, individual culverts, and 1/10th mile pavement sec- tions as defined by the state transportation agency. • Project-level – A proposed project with logical beginning and end termini, often related to a milepost or intersection that consists of multiple assets. • Network/Program-level – A holistic view of the statewide asset class that addresses current conditions, performance goals, condition prediction, and available treatments, within a defined budget. Example asset classes include pavements, bridges, signs, signals, culverts, etc.

31 This questionnaire is being sent to you given your work in asset management. Your cooperation in completing the ques- tionnaire will ensure the success of this effort. If you are not the appropriate person at your agency to complete this question- naire, please forward it to the correct person. QUESTIONNAIRE INSTRUCTIONS 1. To view and print the entire questionnaire, click on the following link and print using “control p” 2. To save your partial answers and complete the questionnaire later, click on the “Save and Continue Later” link in the upper right-hand corner of your screen. A link to the incomplete questionnaire will be e-mailed to you from Sur- veyGizmo. To return to the questionnaire later, open the e-mail from SurveyGizmo and click on the link. We suggest using the “Save and Continue Later” feature if there will be more than 15 minutes of inactivity while the survey is opened, as some firewalls may terminate due to inactivity. 3. To pass a partially completed questionnaire to a colleague, click on the on the “Save and Continue Later” link in the upper right-hand corner of your screen. A link to the incomplete questionnaire will be e-mailed to you from Sur- veyGizmo. Open the e-mail from SurveyGizmo and forward it to a colleague. 4. To view and print your answers before submitting the survey, click forward to the page following question 11. Print using “control p.” 5. To submit the survey, click on “Submit” on the last page. Thank you very much for your time and expertise. Please enter the date (MM/DD/YYYY). ____________________________ First Name ____________________________________________________ Last Name ____________________________________________________ Title _________________________________________________________ Agency/Organization ____________________________________________ Street Address _________________________________________________ Suite _________________________________________________________ City __________________________________________________________ State _________________________________________________________ Zip Code ______________________________________________________ Country ______________________________________________________ E-mail Address ________________________________________________ Phone Number _________________________________________________ Does your agency use Life-Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) as part of the decision-making process for analyzing asset- level design alternatives? …… Yes …… No If yes, which asset types are currently analyzed through a process that includes a structured sequence of maintenance, preservation, repair, rehabilitation, and replacement actions that will achieve and sustain a desired state of good repair over the life cycle of the assets at minimum practicable cost? (Select all that apply. Selected options will appear in subsequent tables.) …… Pavement

32 …… Bridges …… Culverts …… Tunnels …… Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) …… Traffic Signals …… Signs …… Traffic Barriers (Guardrails, Concrete Barriers, Cable Barriers) …… End Treatments (Anchorages, Terminals, Crash Cushions/Impact Attenuators) …… Striping …… Lighting …… Other (Please specify): _____________________________________________________________ Does your agency use LCCA for selecting preservation or maintenance treatments for assets? …… Yes …… No If yes, which asset types are currently analyzed using LCCA for selecting preservation or maintenance activities? (Select all that apply.) …… Pavement …… Bridges …… Culverts …… Tunnels …… Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) …… Traffic Signals …… Signs …… Traffic Barriers (Guardrails, Concrete Barriers, Cable Barriers) …… End Treatments (Anchorages, Terminals, Crash Cushions/Impact Attenuators) …… Striping …… Lighting …… Other (Please specify): _____________________________________________________________ Does your agency have an LCCA application that it would like to have shared with other agencies through the develop- ment of a Case Study as part of this NCHRP Study? …… Yes …… No Please indicate what you feel is most notable about the LCCA practice at your agency: _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________

33 Does your agency utilize LCCA at the project level? For example, once logical beginning and end termini have been established, does your agency use LCCA to select between project alternatives that result in the same benefits with the least life-cycle cost? …… Yes …… No Does your agency utilize LCCA at the network or program level to identify treatment efficiencies? For example, a holistic view of the statewide asset class that addresses current conditions, performance goals, condition prediction, available treatments, and within a defined budget. Example asset classes include pavements, bridges, signs, signals, culverts, etc. …… Yes …… No Does your agency use any specialized software for LCCA? …… Yes …… No If yes, please provide the name(s) of the tool/software you use or have developed for LCCA analysis in the table below. (Please provide any additional comments or information in the dialogue box below.) [Answers from Question #1 will populate the assets listed in this table.] Software Used (Asset Level) Software Used (Project Level) Software Used (Network/ Program Level) Pavement Bridges Culverts Tunnels Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Traffic Signals Signs Traffic Barriers (Guardrails, Concrete Bar- riers, Cable Barriers) End Treatments (Anchorages, Terminals, Crash Cushions/Impact Attenuators) Striping Lighting Other Additional comments or information: _____________________________________________________________ Does your agency have any asset-specific analysis period(s) for LCCA? …… Yes …… No

34 If yes, please provide the length of the selected analysis period(s) by asset type (Please provide any additional com- ments or information in the dialogue box below.): [Answers from Question #1 will populate the assets listed in this table.] Analysis Period Used (Asset Level) Analysis Period Used (Project Level) Analysis Period Used (Network/ Program Level) Pavement Bridges Culverts Tunnels Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Traffic Signals Signs Traffic Barriers (Guardrails, Concrete Bar- riers, Cable Barriers) End Treatments (Anchorages, Terminals, Crash Cushions/Impact Attenuators) Striping Lighting Other Additional comments or information: _____________________________________________________________ Does your agency have asset-specific discounting rates used for LCCA? …… Yes …… No If yes, please provide the discounting rate used by asset type (Please provide any additional comments or information in the dialogue box below.): [Answers from Question #1 will populate the assets listed in this table.] Discounting Rate Used (Asset Level) Discounting Rate Used (Project Level) Discounting Rate Used (Network/ Program Level) Pavement Bridges Culverts Tunnels Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Traffic Signals Signs Traffic Barriers (Guardrails, Concrete Bar- riers, Cable Barriers) End Treatments (Anchorages, Terminals, Crash Cushions/Impact Attenuators) Striping Lighting Other

35 Additional comments or information: _____________________________________________________________ What factors/data are used in your agency’s LCCA? (Select all that apply.) Asset Level Project Level Network/ Program Level Capital Costs … … … Maintenance Costs … … … Operations Costs … … … Inspection/Support Costs … … … User Costs … … … Discount Rates … … … Deterioration Curves/Models … … … Uncertainty/Risk … … … Resilience Goals … … … Current Safety Performance … … … Expected Safety Performance … … … Desired Performance Levels … … … Geospatial Location of Assets … … … Salvage Value … … … Remaining Service Value … … … Other (Please provide details below.): _____________________________________________________________ What factors/data does your agency lack to perform LCCA or improve existing LCCA? (Select all that apply.) Asset Level Project Level Network/ Program Level Capital Costs … … … Maintenance Costs … … … Operations Costs … … … Inspection/Support Costs … … … User Costs … … … Discount Rates … … … Deterioration Curves/Models … … … Uncertainty/Risk … … … Resilience Goals … … … Current Safety Performance … … … Expected Safety Performance … … … Desired Performance Levels … … … Geospatial Location of Assets … … … Salvage Value … … … Remaining Service Value … … … Other (Please provide details below.): _____________________________________________________________ The survey is complete. Thank you for your participation!

Abbreviations and acronyms used without definitions in TRB publications: A4A Airlines for America AAAE American Association of Airport Executives AASHO American Association of State Highway Officials AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials ACI–NA Airports Council International–North America ACRP Airport Cooperative Research Program ADA Americans with Disabilities Act APTA American Public Transportation Association ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials ATA American Trucking Associations CTAA Community Transportation Association of America CTBSSP Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program DHS Department of Homeland Security DOE Department of Energy EPA Environmental Protection Agency FAA Federal Aviation Administration FAST Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (2015) FHWA Federal Highway Administration FMCSA Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration FRA Federal Railroad Administration FTA Federal Transit Administration HMCRP Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 ITE Institute of Transportation Engineers MAP-21 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (2012) NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASAO National Association of State Aviation Officials NCFRP National Cooperative Freight Research Program NCHRP National Cooperative Highway Research Program NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NTSB National Transportation Safety Board PHMSA Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration RITA Research and Innovative Technology Administration SAE Society of Automotive Engineers SAFETEA-LU Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (2005) TCRP Transit Cooperative Research Program TDC Transit Development Corporation TEA-21 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (1998) TRB Transportation Research Board TSA Transportation Security Administration U.S.DOT United States Department of Transportation

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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 494: Life-Cycle Cost Analysis for Management of Highway Assets documents the state of the practice of life-cycle cost analysis (LCCA) and risk-based analysis into state highway agencies' asset management plans for pavements and bridges on the National Highway System. The objective of this project was to develop an inventory of quantitative asset-level, project-level, or corridor-level processes and models for predicting life-cycle costs associated with the preservation and replacement of highway assets. The report includes a literature review, a survey of highway agencies, and case studies that document specific highway agency experiences with LCCA.

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