As Transportation Asset Management Plans (TAMP) become a common practice, many DOTs are facing the stark reality that they lack a comprehensive asset inventory. DOTs are more frequently investigating effective, efficient and investment conscious strategies for collecting and cataloging the myriad of assets they manage. Here is a great article describing Utah DOTs methodology for collecting, managing, using and distributing their comprehensive asset inventory.
http://www.govtech.com/data/Utah-Finds-Unexpected-Benefits-from-Statewide-Road-Data-Project.html
Esri has partnered with Stan Burns (Retired Director of Asset Management at UDOT, President of Integrated Inventory), Mandli and Numetric to provide briefings to many of the DOTs about this approach to building, sustaining, utilizing and realizing a solid return on investment for a comprehensive asset inventory.
