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
Trainings
Presentations
Webinar Recordings
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.

2018 September— Message from FTA & New Resources
2018 May— New Resources & Events 
2018 February— New Video & Webpage
2017 November— New Webpage & Resources
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

Trainings

• TSI (Transportation Safety Institute)
  • Calculating Performance Measures and Setting Targets
  • Course access instructions
• NTI (National Transit Institute)
  • Upcoming: Introduction to Transit Asset Management - Tier I Agencies (December 11-13, 2018, Newark, NJ)
  • Upcoming: Transit Asset Management Implementation for Tier II Providers and Sponsors (January 10, 2019, Moline, IL)
• 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

Webinar Recordings

• TAM Plans for Small & Medium Providers (7.11.18)
• TAM Refresher II (4.25.18)
• TAM for Tribal Populations (4.24.18)
• Major Capital Replacements (3.28.18)
• TAM Refresher (2.22.18)
  • Q&A
• TAM Decision Support Tools (1.31.18)
• TAM Internal Coordination (11.30.17)
  • MTA Asset Management LOTS Factsheet
  • MTA Asset Management LOTS Milestones
  • MTA Asset Management LOTS Checklist
• Decision Processes for Asset Condition Assessments (9.19.17)
• Final TAM Performance Measure Guidebooks (6.6.17)
  • Transcript
• Building an Asset Inventory (5.23.17)
  • Transcript
• NTD Asset Inventory (8.16.16)
  • Transcript
• Final Rule- Small Systems Focus (8.9.16)
  • Transcript
• Final Rule (8.4.16)
  • Transcript
• Condition Assessment and Guideway Performance Restriction Guidebooks (7.28.16)
  • Transcript

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