Transportation Asset Management: Summary of the 11th National Conference (2016) / Chapter Skim
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3 OPENING SESSION Panelists' Comments and Responses to Questions Frank Hornstein, Minnesota House of Representatives Tom Everett, Office of Infrastructure, Federal Highway Administration Paul Trombino III, Iowa Department of Transportation David Springstead, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority PANELISTS' COMMENTS Frank Hornstein welcomed conference participants to the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area and Minnesota. He commended the agency staff, consultants, and other groups in attendance for maintaining the transportation system and discussed the importance of communicating with elected officials and politicians.
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transportation asset management 4 Tom Everett provided a welcome from FHWA, which has cosponsored all 11 transportation asset management conferences. He commented that the conferences provide a great opportunity to learn from the presentations and to interact with other participants, and he encouraged participants to share their experiences and ideas with others.
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5 Panelists' Comments and ResPonses to Questions Plans" is also available. FHWA consultants can provide on-site assistance with data and gap analyses.
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transportation asset management 6 It is important to communicate the state DOT's decision-making process to policy makers and the public. Trombino suggested that providing information on performance management, asset management, and the overall transportation system from an engineering and economic perspective to policy makers and the public was key to increasing transparency and promoting a robust, open decision-making process.
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7 Panelists' Comments and ResPonses to Questions resources. Rather than continuing along the same course, he discussed the need for innovation and strategic thinking.
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transportation asset management 8 direction of asset management, but states already know what needs to be done to manage assets. He noted that the rule will include compliance dates.
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9 Panelists' Comments and ResPonses to Questions Springstead noted the importance of ensuring that operations and maintenance personnel and the capital programming staff are fully engaged. All groups responsible for funding, allocating resources, operating, and maintaining the system need to be involved in the asset management process.
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transportation asset management 10 Trombino further noted that because much of the highway system in Iowa was constructed in floodplains, flooding is going to occur. There is only so much the department can do to protect the system, depending on the type and extent of extreme weather.
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