Transportation
Performance Management

Evaluation and Economic Investment

Program Areas

• Data Integration
  • Data Integration Fact Sheet
  • Data Integration Primer August 2010
• Economic Analysis
  • Economic Analysis Primer
• Highway Economic Requirements System/State Version
  • HERS-ST Fact Sheet
• Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • LCCA Fact Sheet
• Investment and Financial Plan Guidance
  • GASB 34 Primer (DOT Publications Library)
• System-Level Transportation Decision-Making
  • Evaluate Bridge System Investments with the National Bridge Investment Analysis System (NBIAS)
  • Evaluate Pavement System Investments with HERS-ST
• Outreach Publications
  • Transportation Asset Management Assessment 
  • Asset Management Primer (pdf, 856 kb)
  • Asset Management Overview

The performance needs of the US transportation system far outweigh the resources to address them. Maintaining system performance requires that decision makers evaluate the impact of their investment decisions. This evaluation needs to explore the financial implications as well as the investment and economic returns. The links above provide resources for evaluating roadway investments.