| Scope and Method of Study. Transportation Asset Management (AM) research has yielded a well-accepted AM framework for State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) to model. However, there have not been any studies that have developed a model that measures the level of AM implementation for a benchmarking purpose. This study accomplishes this by presenting the AM Assessment Model. The model is developed through the identification of the most critical indicators that point to successful practices for an ideal AM system. These indicators are weighed according to their level importance by using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP).;Findings and Conclusions. While identifying the indicators, a new indicator, AM Culture was identified and recognized as significant by some of the leading AM experts in the United States. By developing a model that incorporates weights for each of the indicators, a more precise tool to assess the level of AM implementation within a State DOT has been presented. |
