Collaborative Practices for Performance-Based Asset Management Between State DOTs and MPOs (2021)

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45   A P P E N D I X A Questionnaire Email Dear State DOT TAM Representative, The Transportation Research Board (TRB), NCHRP Cooperative Research Program is conducting a synthesis on Practices for Coordinating Asset Management Performance Measurement and Monitoring between State Transportation Agencies and Metropolitan Planning Organizations. This work is being performed by TRB’s contractors Spy Pond Partners and Econolite as part of NCHRP Project 20-05, Synthesis Topic 51-05. The purpose of this questionnaire is to identify and summarize state department of transportation (DOT) collaboration with metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) relative to asset inventory and condition assessment, target setting, investment decision-making and performance monitoring of pavement and bridge assets for performance-based planning and programming (PBPP). The results of the survey will be incorporated into a synthesis of highway agency practice, with the intent of helping agencies identify state DOT practices to initiate and facilitate collaboration with MPOs. This survey is being sent to the lead contact for each state DOT transportation asset management (TAM) program. If you are not the appropriate person at your organization to complete this questionnaire, please forward it to the correct person. Please complete and submit this survey by [insert date the questionnaire is sent via survey instrument]. We estimate that it should take no more than 20 minutes to complete the survey. It is designed so you can exit and return to the survey if you need to allocate your time over several days. Please complete this survey by (enter date). If you have any questions or problems related to this questionnaire, please contact the Principal Investigator for the research, Hyun-A Park, at (617) 875-9614 or hpark@spypondpartners.com.

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