Regional Transit Asset Management

Performance TargetsTransportation Operators Committee • May 24, 2017

Transit Performance Measures

Federal Requirements

• Transit Asset Management

o Rolling Stock

o Facilities

o Infrastructure

o Equipment

• Transit Safety

o Fatalities

o Injuries

o Accidents

o System Reliability

What is Transit Asset Management?

Systematic Process for Transit Agencies to:

▪ Count and categorize their assets – Inventory

▪ Assess condition of assets

▪ Use asset condition to rank assets in importance to system and agency

▪ Prioritize transit agency funding to improve or maintain assets identified as the highest priority

Applicability: All fixed-route transit operators in the region and all ferry operators

MPO’s Role in Transit Asset Management?

The Final Rule indicates that MPOs should:

▪ Integrate transit agency Transit Asset Management plans into regional planning process

▪ Coordinate with transit providers to implement a performance-based planning process that prioritizes investments that meet regional performance targets for transit State of Good Repair.

MPOs are being asked to assess progress toward region-wide attainment of transit State of Good Repair performance.

2017 2018

Jan 1st

2017

Federal Transit Asset Management Rule

Transit Agencies

PSRC

WSDOT

TAM PLANS

PERFORMANCE TARGETS

Plan Development

Oct 1st

2018

2018

T2040 UPDATE

July 1st

2017

Spring2018

Oct 1st

2017

Update every 4 years (align with regional plan updates)

Annual Updates

Update every 4 years as part of T2040 Update

REGIONAL PERFORMANCE

TARGETS

STATE PERFORMANCE

TARGETS

=milestone identified in final rule

What Do Agencies Include In Transit Asset Management?

Four categories of capital assets that must be included:

▪ Rolling Stock

▪ Facilities

▪ Infrastructure

▪ Equipment

Agencies must include all capital assets in each of the categories that the agency owns, operates, or manages.

Only assess condition of assets for which the transit agency has direct capital responsibility.

▪ What is the agency’s financial obligation for replacement or refurbishment of the asset?

How Do Agencies Conduct Asset Assessments?

Age-based, “Useful Life Benchmark” used for Rolling Stock and Non-revenue service vehicles under Equipment category

▪ FTA provides “default Useful Life Benchmarks” for vehicles

▪ Agencies can set their own agency-specific Useful Life Benchmark for vehicles based on operating conditions

Condition Assessment for Facilities and Construction or Maintenance Equipment

▪ 5-point scale (5.0 = Excellent; 1.0= Poor)

Transit Asset ManagementPerformance Measures

Asset Category Examples of Assets Covered Performance Measures

Rolling Stock • Rail vehicles, • Buses, • Ferries, • Other passenger vehicles (vans, etc.)

Percent of those vehicles that have either met or exceeded their “useful life benchmark” (ULB). ULB is often expressed in a number of years.

Facilities • Passenger facilities like a rail station;• Parking facilities; and • Support facilities (e.g., transit base)

The percentage of facilities within an asset class, rated below an “Adequate” condition (e.g., a condition 3 on the Transit Economic Requirements Model [TERM] scale).

Infrastructure • Fixed Guideway, • Signal systems, • Power, and• Structures (bridges and tunnels)

The percentage of track segments with performance restrictions.

Equipment • Non-revenue service vehicles such as tow trucks;

• Construction or maintenance equipment

Percent of non-revenue service vehicles that have either met or exceeded their “useful life benchmark” (ULB). Percent of construction and maintenance facilities rated below “Adequate” condition.

Transit Asset Management Setting Performance Targets

▪ Performance targets should be based on realistic expectations, including

– Use of most recent data available

– Incorporate transit provider financial resources from all sources during planning period

▪ Performance targets will change year-to-year based upon

– Aging of fleet and changing facility conditions

– Funding replacements or refurbishment of capital assets

Performance Targets

▪ Regional Targets are informed by the agency transit asset management planning and inventories

– Regional Targets are NOT the same a agency-specific targets

▪ Weighted average of all agencies with assets in a particular asset class

Converting Agency Targets into Regional Performance Targets

Regional Rolling Stock

ASSET CLASS EXAMPLES OF INDIVIDUAL ASSETS

REGIONAL PERFORMANCE TARGET

Bus • 40-foot bus• Articulated bus• Double-decked bus

No more than 2% of buses meet or exceed their Useful LifeBenchmark (ULB)

Other Passenger Vehicles • Vans• Minivans

No more than 28% of other passenger vehicles meet or exceed their Useful LifeBenchmark (ULB)

Rail Vehicles • Light rail vehicles• Commuter rail vehicles• Streetcars

No more than 0% of railcars meet or exceed their Useful LifeBenchmark (ULB)

Ferries • Auto ferries• Passenger only ferries

No more than 5% of ferries meet or exceed their Useful LifeBenchmark (ULB)

Regional Facilities

ASSET CLASS EXAMPLES OF INDIVIDUAL ASSETS

REGIONAL PERFORMANCE TARGET

Support Facilities • Maintenance Facilities• Administrative Facilities

No more than 11% of support facilities rated below Adequate on the 5-point condition assessment scale

Passenger Facilities • Rail Terminals• Bus Transfer Facilities

No more than 0% of passenger facilities rated below Adequate on the 5-point condition assessment scale

Parking Facilities • Parking Garages• Park-and-Ride Lots

No more than 7% of parking facilities rated below Adequate on the 5-point condition assessment scale

Regional Infrastructure

ASSET CLASS EXAMPLES OF INDIVIDUAL ASSETS

REGIONAL PERFORMANCE TARGET

Fixed Guideway • Track Segments• Exclusive bus right-of-way

segment

No more than 3% of fixed guideway track segments have performance restrictions

Regional Equipment

ASSET CLASS EXAMPLES OF INDIVIDUAL ASSETS

REGIONAL PERFORMANCE TARGET

Non-revenue service vehicles

• Tow Trucks• Emergency Response Vehicle• Supervisor Car

No more than 19% of meets or exceeds its Useful Life Benchmark (ULB)

Construction Equipment • Crane No more than 0% of construction equipment rated below Adequate on the 5-pointcondition assessment scale

Maintenance Equipment • Vehicle lift No more than 7% of maintenance equipment rated below Adequate on the 5-pointcondition assessment scale

Coordinated Plan: Prioritized Strategies & Performance

Through Plan Update we will seek the answers to :

• How should needs, gaps and duplications be prioritized?

• Which strategies are higher priority than others?

• How can we measure performance of a program/project to tell if it is succeeding or failing?

• How should special needs transportation funding from federal and state sources be prioritized though 2022?

Gil Cerise

206-971-3053

gcerise@psrc.org