Introduction to The Focus Issue: Transportation Asset Management Overview  

Oleh:

Bittner, Jason ; Rosen, Howard

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Public Works Management & Policy vol. 8 no. 3 (Jan. 2004), page 151-155.
Topik: asset management; transportation; highway; implementation; management
Fulltext: 151PWM83.pdf (62.9KB)

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This article defines Transportation Asset Management (TAM) as a systematic process of operating, maintaining, and upgrading physical assets cost-effectively. TAMcombines engineering and mathematical analyses with sound business practice and economic theory. State efforts to adopt TAM include Michigan’s TAM Council and Indiana’s Highway Asset Management System software program. This article also describes research initiatives sponsored by the National Cooperative Highway Research Program, the Midwest Regional University Transportation Center, and private sector firms. Finally, this article summarizes the main articles in this focus issue.

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