TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT
Th at philosophy, which they
started with the bus fl eet, they
pushed into the on-demand and
LRV maintenance programs.
Curry said, “I believe that we
were recognized because we were
already doing that. When the
mandate came out and there was
more guidance on what the FTA
was looking at, we were pretty
much aligned with it.”
Meeting the mandate
To comply with the TAM rule,
agencies will develop a TAM
plan and submit two reports to
the National Transit Database
annually. TAM plans include an
asset inventory, asset condition
assessments and a prioritized list
of investments to improve the state
of good repair of the capital assets.
“All transit providers, regardless
of size, will develop
TAM plans,” said Williams.
“However, small providers have
fewer requirements and most
may participate in a group plan
through their state department of
transportation.” She continued,
“FTA off ers technical assistance
to help agencies implement TAM
through a comprehensive website
that includes FAQs, peer success
stories, guidebooks, templates,
checklists, archived webinars,
and a quarterly newsletter.”
For Metro Transit, they’re continuing
how they’ve worked in the
past and building upon that.
“We’re on track,” said Curry.
“What it did cause for us is we focused
on the bigger assets, obviously
the railcars and the facilities,
although we had already adopted
the philosophy of identifying the
asset, mapping out the intended
life for that asset and developing
a predictive maintenance program
to get that asset to the end of its
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THE EFFECTIVENESS of the Metro Transit asset
management program depends on a cohesive team.
intended life. Now we’re pushing
that all the way down to all assets.”
Benefits of TAM
Implementing a successful program
for TAM can benefi t agencies
in numerous ways, including
both the productivity of the agencies
assets and their man-hours.
“Well-developed asset management
systems will optimize
capital investment and inform
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