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The tool used to track and monitor this transformation is its Asset Condition Databases, which is covered in the second case study. CASE STUDY: ASSET CONDITION DATA COLLECTION AND TRACKING AT THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY Background The MBTA is the country's fifth largest transit authority and carries approximately 1.3 million passengers daily.
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In 2000, the SGR database and its output were first used by the MBTA in its capital planning and programming activities. The output from the SGR database has been used effectively by the MBTA.
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These definitions initially prescribed investment priorities, but also defined how outputs and asset conditions would be tracked and measured. For the first 20 years of the SGR initiative, when an asset reached SGR (through capital investment or was in SGR prior to the capital program)
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The two case studies highlight two desirable features of an "ideal" transit asset management database system. The MBTA database is a good case study of an effective strategic planning and programming tool.
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a transit system. These scenarios can be run "automatically" because the database contains: • Pre-determined condition settings and measures of SGR; • Costs of asset renewal and replacement; and • A programming logic that makes "funding decisions" based on the weighting of several project factors.
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