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Using an LCP (Life Cycle Planning) Process to Support Transportation Asset Management: A Handbook on Putting the Federal Guidance into Practice
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2019-01-03
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Abstract:The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) and Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Acts promote the use of performance-based decisions for managing the nation’s highway system. Under the legislation, State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) are required to develop and implement a risk-based Transportation Asset Management Plan (TAMP) that “shall include strategies leading to a program of projects that would make progress toward achievement of the State targets for asset condition and performance of the National Highway System (NHS) in accordance with section 23 150(d) and supporting the progress toward the achievement of the national goals identified in section 23 U.S.C. 150(b).” 23 U.S.C. 119(e)(2). The minimum TAMP content includes the requirement to include life cycle planning and risk management analyses, the results of which are used to influence the State DOT’s 10-year investment strategies. A rulemaking process was conducted that established the following definition for life cycle planning (LCP): “a process to estimate the cost of managing an asset class, or asset sub-group, over its whole life with consideration for minimizing cost while preserving or improving the condition (23 CFR 515.5).” Specific requirements related to LCP are included in the Rule, but State DOTs are granted flexibility to tailor their LCP to their unique needs. Since LCP is a relatively new process for State DOTs, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) initiated a project to develop guidance documents related to LCP, risk management, and financial planning to assist State DOTs with the implementation of these activities. This specific initiative builds on the information provided in the LCP guidance by providing more detailed information on implementing an LCP process for both pavements and bridges.
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Content Notes:Laura Lawndy (COR), Nastaran Saadatmand (Technical Lead)
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