Summary - Transit State of Good Repair 2024

Investments in transit state of good repair (SGR) and transit asset management (TAM) have significantly increased in the past few years. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act authorizes USD18.35 billion over five years for the SGR, including USD1.5 billion for the Rail Vehicle Replacement Program, and provides an additional USD4.75 billion in advance appropriations. Transit agencies have submitted updated TAM plans, aligned agency safety plans and TAM plans, deployed new technologies and leveraged data for effective asset management, trained workforce, developed organizational capacity, and undertaken lifecycle analysis. The objective has been to manage risks, minimize costs, and maximize the performance of assets as well as to operate transit systems safely, efficiently, reliably and sustainably.

Going forward, the discussion is expected to center around replacing rail rolling stock, SGR of zero-emission buses and infrastructure, using performance-based planning and programming for TAM, deploying decision support tools and new technologies, challenges related to data integrity, developing sustainable and resilient infrastructure, prioritizing equity, accessibility and inclusivity, workforce development, and so on.

After receiving a tremendous response to the 11th annual conference on ‘Transit State of Good Repair’ in Washington, D.C. in March 2023, Global Mass Transit is pleased to announce its 12th annual conference on ‘Transit State of Good Repair’, which will be held on March 13-14, 2024 at Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, D.C.

Global Mass Transit regularly organizes conferences on Transit State of Good Repair in the US. The 11th edition of the Transit State of Good Repair conference received a fantastic response and was attended by over 240 participants from nearly 135 organizations. The key organizations included (in alphabetical order): AECOM, Alstom, AmePower, Amsted Rail, Astronics Test Systems, ATS Consulting, Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART), BBM Railway Equipment, BITZER U.S, BJCTA- Max Transit Authority, Boothe Transit Consulting, Broward County Transit, Burns Engineering, Camlin Rail, Capital Metro, City of Fresno, Clever Devices, Cubic Transportation Systems, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), Delta Railroad Construction, Deloitte Consulting, DigitalThinker, Ecolane, Electro-Techno, FASTER Asset Solutions, Fenton Mobility Products, Frauscher Sensor Technology, Georgia Department of Transportation, Global Traffic Technologies, Hampton Roads Transit, Hatch LTK, Hexagon, Hexagon PPM (Infor), Hillsborough Transit Authority - HART, Hitachi Rail STS, HNTB Corporation, Irwin Transportation Products, King County Metro Transit, Kitsap Transit, Knorr Brake Company, Lane Transit District, LB Foster, Loram Maintenance of Way, Macon-Bibb County Transit Authority, March Networks, Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Metra, Metrolink, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, MobilityData, Montgomery County DOT, Mott MacDonald, Network Rail Consulting, Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, Night train foundation, NOKIA Bell Labs, North Central Texas Council of Governments, NY Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York City Transit Authority Department of Buses, Omni Strategy, Pandrol, Parsons, Penn Machine Company LLC, Pierce Transit, Port Authority of Allegheny County, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Powell Electrical Systems, RailPros, RazorSecure, RELAM, Rhombus Energy Solutions, Ricardo Software, RL Controls, Salcef USA, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District, Scheidt & Bachmann USA, Seattle Department of Transportation, Siemens Mobility, Sound Transit, Spy Pond Partners, Stacy and Witbeck, Stellar Services, Inc, .Tahoe Transportation District, Televic US, The GBS Group, Thermo King Corporation, Transdev Rail, Transportation Technology Center, Trapeze Group, Treasure Valley Transit, TriMet, UKM Transit Products, Utah Transit Authority, Vecom USA, Virginia Department of Rail & Public Transportation, WABTEC, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, etc.

The mission of the conference is to discuss SGR and TAM best practices, strategies, case studies and opportunities given the funding available until FY2026. The conference will provide a platform for discussion among transit agencies, federal, state and local governments, technology and solution providers, and consultants on SGR, TAM, condition-based, performance-based and predictive maintenance, lifecycle management, data capture and analysis, new technologies in asset management, organizational capacity development and workforce training, and the role of data and analytics.

SGR funding, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Experience so far, case studies, and SGR best practices
Latest standards and guidance available for TAM and SGR
Recent successes and challenges related to TAM
Impact of integration of new technologies on TAM practices
Risk integration into TAM plans for risk informed decision making
Utilizing asset management and equity to guide investments
Role of data and new technologies
Leveraging data and gaining maximum value from data collection, storage, processing, and presentation
Project management strategies and systems engineering for SGR
Challenges of data integrity
Technologies and techniques for data and analytics (drones, sensors, IoT, AI, etc.)
Lifecycle analysis, whole lifecycle costs and strategies
Balancing SGR needs, expansion needs and upgradation needs
Fleet replacement, funding available, challenges
Preventive and predictive maintenance
Capital planning and investment prioritization
Assessing maintenance requirements of future assets, understanding life cycles of upcoming assets
Value-based decision making
Measuring performance towards SGR
Supply chain impacts on SGR
Organizational capacity development, workforce training
Focusing on safety, resilience, equity, climate action and inclusivity