July 21-23, 2010

On July 21-23, 2010, the Federal Transit Administration held its Second State of Good Repair (SGR) Roundtable hosted by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) with representatives from 40 transit agencies from around the United States in Chicago, IL.  FTA Deputy Administrator Therese W. McMillan was a featured speaker.  The Second SGR Roundtable covered several sub themes with many relevant presentations:

• FTA’s SGR Initiative
• Advancing SGR in Our Industry
• Learning from Other US Industries
• Learning from Sister Agencies Abroad, and
• Developing Building Block Capacity

The Roundtable began with a tour of CTA’s rail transit system and provided a forum for transit properties to discuss and share best practices on addressing issues associated with the state of repair of transit infrastructure and equipment as well as transit asset management.  Participants and FTA shared ideas on solutions and research activities to advance the State of Good Repair.

Presentations  

• Agenda for Second State of Good Repair Roundtable
• State of Good Repair Roundtable: The Chicago Transit Authority System (Richard L. Rodriguez, CTA President)
• State of Good Repair: Potential Concepts (Therese W. McMillan, FTA Deputy Administrator)
• Addressing the Challenge: Formulating a Definition of SGR for a Federal Program (Aaron C. James Sr., Director, FTA Office of Engineering)
• Current Asset Management Practices: A National and International Review (Chris Nutakor, FTA Office of Engineering)
• Asset Management Pilots: MPOs and Transit Agencies (Aaron C. James Sr., Director, FTA Office of Engineering)
• TERM-Lite: Building Better Technology for the Industry's Use (Keith Gates, FTA Office of Budget and Policy)
• Research Activities to Support the State of Good Repair (Terrell Williams, FTA Office of Research, Innovation and Demonstration)
• Transit Asset Management Training Program (Scott Baker, AECOM)
• Chapel Hill Transit: SGR Asset Management Capital Program (Carl Rokos, Chapel Hill Transit)
• New Jersey Transit State of Good Repair (Peter Garino, New Jersey Transit)
• Asset Management Process and Strategy (Frederick E. Smith, PE, New York City Transit)
• Asset Management in the Water/Wastewater Industries (Michael J. Matichich, CH2M Hill)
• Supply Chain/Logistics Management From the Department of Defense Perspective (Ronald Humphrey, CodeRed Business Solutions)
• International Transit Studies - Tools and Systems (Rolando Cruz, Long Beach Transit)
• International Transit Studies - SGR Definition and Measuring (Jerry Rutledge, King County Transit)
• Funding and Finance for SGR in European Transit Systems (Glen Tepke, Metropolitan Transportation Commission)
• Asset Management Systems: MBTA Approach and Lessons Learned (Eric R. Waaramaa, MBTA)
• SGR Assessment: Dallas Area Rapid Transit (Mike Hubbell, DART)
• Training for Asset Management (Jeff Hiott, APTA)
• Innovative Financing Options for SGR Investments (Jeffrey D. Ensor, Parsons Brinckerhoff)
• Second State of Good Repair Roundtable Minutes