1. Making a Federal Case Out of State of Good Repair Sean Gordon Libberton Deputy Associate Administrator Office of Program Management

2. Today’s Presentation Magnitude of the Problem FTA SGR Efforts Asset Management and Other Considerations

3. Rail Mod Study Agencies

4. Magnitude of the Problem April 2009 Rail Mod Study

5. Initial FTA State of Good Repair Efforts State of Good Repair Workshop – August 2008 “Transit State of Good Repair: Beginning the Dialogue” – October 2008 CEO Panel on State of Good Repair at APTA Annual Conference – October 2008 “Rail Modernization Study” – April 2009

6. Ongoing FTA State of Good Repair Efforts FTA State of Good Repair Website www.fta.dot.gov/index_8986.html SGR Industry Working Group State of Good Repair Roundtable – July 2009 Development of Training Course on Transit Asset Management Transit Asset Management Scan

7. Transit Asset Management Comprehensive asset management includes: Goals and Objectives: For example, attainment of a state of good repair Asset Inventory: Listing of all fixed assets, including type, condition, remaining life and value Condition Assessment Process: Process to assess the condition of all inventory assets Decision Support Tools (models): Tools to analyze and prioritize long-term investment needs Options and Tradeoff Analysis: Process to evaluate the investment tradeoffs and investment returns of alternate investment options Decision Making processes: Decision making process to allocate resources between competing uses Monitoring: Performance measures and performance targets based on agency goals and objectives

8. Transit Asset Management State of Transit Industry All 7 Rail Modernization Study agencies maintain comprehensive asset inventories for capital planning purposes Only 3 Study agencies conduct comprehensive asset condition assessments regularly Only 1 Study agency uses decision support tools Only 2 Study agencies use objective, multi-factor project scoring process to rank and prioritize investment needs

9. FTA Asset Management Scan Technical report detailing Details on literature published in SGR analysis and transit asset management Summary of practices at representative agencies, including Large U.S. agencies with significant rail systems Smaller agencies Selected international examples Selected state DOT examples Discussion of the state of the practice and potential future directions

10. FTA Asset Management Scan Large Systems CTA MARTA MetroLink MTC International Systems London Toronto Small Systems Chapel Hill Transit GRTC DOTs VDRPT ODOT

11. Potential Next Steps?....... Modification to the Existing FGM Formula? Temporary SGR Investment Fund? Technical Support for Asset Management? Capital Asset Reporting?