apta sgr review revised

State-of-the-Art in Evaluating Transit State of Good Repair : 

presented to the2009 APTA Rail Conference presented byWilliam RobertCambridge Systematics, Inc. June 2009 State-of-the-Art in Evaluating Transit State of Good Repair

Outline : 

1 Outline Defining State of Good Repair State of the practice review Case study: Virginia Department of Rail & Public Transit (DRPT) Program Guidance and Grant Evaluation System (PROGGRES) Opportunities for improvement

Defining SGR : 

2 Defining SGR Difficult to define Easiest to observe in its absence Common themes Meeting a certain level of service Performing maintenance, repair, rehabilitation and renewal according to a considered agency policy Reducing or eliminating a backlog of unmet capital needs

Transportation Asset Management Process : 

3 Transportation Asset Management Process Policy Goals and Objectives Analysis of Options and Tradeoffs Resource Allocation Decisions Financial Staff Equipment Other Program and Service Delivery System Condition and Service Levels Funding Levels Customer Input

Working Definition of SGR : 

4 Working Definition of SGR A state that results from application of transportation asset management concepts in which a transit agency maintains its physical assets according to a policy that minimizes asset life cycle costs while avoiding negative impacts to transit service

Best Practice:Collecting Inventory & Condition Data : 

5 Best Practice:Collecting Inventory & Condition Data Agencies typically have some form of asset inventory Frequently shaped by NTD reporting requirements NTD reporting frequently the basis of the inventory for smaller agencies Larger agencies/rail systems typically have a much more detailed inventory Examples available of state of the art systems for Fleet Facilities Rail Bridge Maintenance management

Best Practice:Condition Forecasting : 

6 Best Practice:Condition Forecasting When performed, typically model remaining service life using statistical models Relatively few systems Examples FTA TERM MBTA SGR DRPT PROGGRES

Best Practice:Capital Programming Scenarios : 

7 Best Practice:Capital Programming Scenarios Typical approach is to predict new capital needs based on time-based engineering rules Replace rail cars at 35 years Replace structure at 50 years Reflects available data Issues Results reflect engineering judgment, but have not been subjected to economic analysis Provides limited capability for “what if” analysis Supplemental analysis need to assess impacts to service of not performing recommended actions

Case Study: DRPT PROGGRESSystem Functionality : 

8 Case Study: DRPT PROGGRESSystem Functionality Predicting capital needs for DRPT grantees Evaluating grant applications for consistency with the capital needs analysis Collating and organizing quantitative evaluations of capital grant applications using public benefit models (developed separately) and qualitative evaluations Presenting summary scores and rankings for individual capital grant line items Evaluating the impact of different DRPT capital grant funding policies

Case Study: DRPT PROGGRESAsset Types Supported : 

9 Case Study: DRPT PROGGRESAsset Types Supported Buses Rail rolling stock Facilities Infrastructure items Track Signage Bus shelters Miscellaneous other assets

Case Study: DRPT PROGGRESModeling Approach : 

10 Case Study: DRPT PROGGRESModeling Approach Rolling stock Estimated service life (ESL): when a vehicle reaches its ESL, PROGGRES recommends that the vehicle be replaced Estimated service life and mileage (ESLM): actions are recommended based on estimated service life or service mileage (either can trigger an action) Stochastic version of the ESLM model (ESLMST): adds a percentage probability that an action may be triggered one or two years before or after the point predicted by ESLM Other assets Replaced/rehabilitated at their ESL, with cost spread over a specified number of years

Case Study: DRPT PROGGRESExample Needs Analysis : 

11 Case Study: DRPT PROGGRESExample Needs Analysis

Case Study: DRPT PROGGRESTesting Funding Policies : 

12 Case Study: DRPT PROGGRESTesting Funding Policies

Opportunities for Improvement inSGR Analysis : 

13 Opportunities for Improvement inSGR Analysis Relating investment needs to impacts on service Support time-based rules with analysis of the impacts of not performing recommended preservation activities on future agency costs and transit service Backlog projections should be accompanied by information on the implications of a given investment backlog Improving upon available asset data Not practical to perform a realistic analysis for rail relying strictly upon NTD – but NTD is the only data source consistently available Improving communication Needed both within agencies and with the public

Questions : 

14 Questions