Transportation asset management in Australia, Canada, England, and New Zealand / prepared by the International Scanning Study Team ... and American Trade Initiatives, Inc. for the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials [and] National Cooperative Highway Research Program.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of International Programs

International Scanning Study Team (U.S.)

American Trade Initiatives, Inc.

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

National Cooperative Highway Research Program

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Roads--Maintenance and repair--Management.

Roads.

Bridges--Maintenance and repair--Management.

Bridges.

Public works--Management.

Public works.

Transportation--Planning.

Transportation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 144 pages)

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Office of Policy, Office of International Programs, [2005]

Summary:

"A significant challenge for U.S. transportation agencies is managing the transportation asset base while funding expansions of the network to meet increasing demands. The Federal Highway Administration, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and National Cooperative Highway Research Program sponsored a scanning study of asset management experience, techniques, and processes in Australia, Canada, England, and New Zealand. In its study, the U.S. team observed that asset management as an organizational culture and decision making process is critical to transportation programs facing significant capital renewal and preservation needs and that successful programs require top-level commitment. The team also learned that agencies in the countries studied used asset management practices to obtain funding for transportation infrastructure. The team's recommendations for possible implementation in the United States include using asset management principles to assess and invest in the Interstate System, creating a National Asset Management Steering Committee to distribute information and provide training, developing a Web-based asset-management toolbox, and conducting research on asset management topics."

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed January 8, 2009).

At head of title on cover: International Technology Exchange Program."

"November 2005."

Includes bibliographical references.

"Publication No. FHWA-PL-05-019"--Page 4 of cover

"HPIP/11-05(3.5M)EW"--Page 4 of cover

Other Format:

Transportation asset management in Australia, Canada, England, and New Zealand

OCLC:

299738816