FTA Outreach Materials

FTA and its partners have developed a number of resources associated with the TAM rule. Click on the headings below to find specific types of materials.

Fact Sheets
TAMNews
Training
Presentations
Recorded Materials
Transcripts
Additional Resources

Fact Sheets

• Final Rule Fact Sheet
• TAM Performance Measures Fact Sheet
• Default Useful Life Benchmark (ULB) Cheat Sheet

TAMNews

Read the latest edition of TAMNews to stay up to date on FTA’s asset-management initiatives.

2017 August—Upcoming Webinars & New FAQs
2017 May—Introducing the Revamped TAM Website
2017 January—Developing Performance Measures & Setting Targets
2016 July—Final TAM Rule Published
2016 Summer—Asset Management Business Practices
2016 Winter—Developing an Asset Inventory
2015 January—State of Good Repair: Noteworthy Practices
2014 November—Introductory Edition

Training

• TSI (Transportation Safety Institute)
  • Calculating Performance Measures and Setting Targets
  • Course access instructions
• NTI (National Transit Institute)
  • Transit Asset Management Implementation for Tier II Providers and Sponsors
  • Introduction to Asset Management
• NHI (National Highway Institute)
  • Introduction to Financial Planning for Transportation Asset Management
  • FHWA Steps to Effective Target Setting for TPM 

Presentations

• Final TAM Performance Measure Guidebooks
• CalACT--Preparing TAM Plans 4.24.17
• Rail Infrastructure Maintenance Summit 7.7.17
• APTA Annual - TAM Workshop 9.14.16
• Final Rule
• Final Rule Small Systems Focus
• NTD Asset Inventory
• Condition Assessment and Guideway Performance Restriction Guidebooks

Recorded Materials

• Building an Asset Inventory
• Final TAM Performance Measure Guidebooks
• TAM Website Demonstration
• Final Rule
• Final Rule Small Systems Focus
• NTD Asset Inventory
• Condition Assessment and Guideway Performance Restriction Guidebooks

Transcripts

• Building an Asset Inventory
• Final TAM Performance Measure Guidebooks
• Final Rule
• Final Rule Small Systems Focus
• NTD Asset Inventory
• Condition Assessment and Guideway Performance Restriction Guidebooks

Additional Resources

• FTA Safety Related Rulemaking
• FHWA Performance Management Rulemaking
• National Transit Database (NTD)
• Performance-Based Planning Resources
• TERM Lite
• AASHTO:
  • TAM Portal
  • Asset Management Committee
• American Public Transportation Association (APTA): State of Good Repair Standards Program