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1 Conference Overview Katie Zimmerman, Applied Pavement Technology, Inc., and Conference Planning Committee Chair Katherine Turnbull, Texas A&M Transportation Institute and Conference Rapporteur The 11th National Conference on Transportation Asset Management was held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on July 10â12, 2016. Organized by the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, the conference was supported by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the Federal Transit Administration, and the Transportation Asset Management Pooled Fund project. It was hosted by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (DOT). The conference featured opening and closing sessions, 30 breakout sessions in five functional and two cross-cutting virtual tracks, a poster session, and four workshops. A peer exchange on implementing transportation asset management sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials and FHWA, as well as joint TRB committee meetings and other related activities, was also held in conjunction with the conference. The 448 on-site participants came from 48 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and international locations. In addition, 65 sites participated in the conference via live streaming, bringing the total number to at least 513 participants. Participants represented federal, state, metropolitan, and local transportation and transit agencies, as well as consulting firms, universities, and research institutions. Speakers at the conference highlighted the advancements and improvements being made in transportation asset management programs at the state, regional, metropolitan, and local levels. Information on the innovative approaches being used by transit and other modes was interwoven throughout the conference. These approaches are addressing emerging issues, local needs, and federal requirements to ensure the best use of limited resources for transportation and transit investment decisions. Asset management programs are addressing climate change and extreme weather events, engaging diverse stakeholders in ongoing conversations, and using more robust and timely data. Programs are expanding to include risk assessments, vulnerability evaluations, and return on investment (ROI) analyses. Asset management is also being considered from a regional perspective in some areas. Although numerous advancements are occurring, speakers noted that many of the keys to successful asset management programs remain the same. These factors include top leadership support, establishing a strong basic foundation, involving
transportation asset management 2 personnel from throughout an agency, and transparency with policy makers and the public. Conference participants also discussed issues that would benefit from further research and technology transfer activities. These topics will be used by the Transportation Asset Management Pooled Fund project to develop research problem statements for the National Cooperative Highway Research Program and other programs. The topics will also be used in the development of the 12th National Conference on Transportation Asset Management to be held in 2018. This summary highlights the key elements from the conference. Comments from speakers in the opening session are presented first. The five track leadersâ comments on the discussion of the topics addressed in the breakout sessions are summarized in the closing session. The PowerPoint presentations used by speakers and video recordings can be accessed online through the links embedded in the final program at http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/Conferences/2016/AssetMgt/Recordings.pdf. Scroll to the presentation of interest and click on the title.
