01778909

Monograph

http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/182389.aspx

The condition of the transportation infrastructure in the United States is an issue of national importance. State departments of transportation and transit agencies face tough choices as they make decisions about how and when to keep their assets safely open to the public. Agencies that receive federal formula grant dollars must work with their funding agencies, as well as local partners, to determine whether to repair, improve, rebuild or close their assets. This digest addresses the legal ramifications to transportation agencies that have to decide whether to repair, improve, or rebuild assets that are in poor repair. This digest provides a compendium of pertinent laws and practices related to achieving a state of good repair. In addition, it addresses the legal ramifications to transportation agencies when faced with prioritizing infrastructure planning decisions and whether to repair, improve, rebuild substandard assets, or close. The digest also includes a detailed discussion of an agency’s requirements related to its assessment of risks. State transportation administrators, planners, researchers, transportation consultants, transportation and tort lawyers, and students should find this digest beneficial and informative.

TCRP Project J-5
NCHRP Project 20-06

English

33p

2021-7

NCHRP-TCRP Legal Research Digest

9780309674119

Digital/other

Appendices

Asset management; Decision making; Highways; Infrastructure; Legal factors; Public transit; Risk assessment; State departments of transportation; Transit operating agencies

Highways; Law; Public Transportation

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Aug 5 2021 2:40PM