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Appendix B - Detail Summary of Survey Responses
Pages 34-38

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... Respondents Yes No Financial Reporting Purposes (i.e., fixed asset ledger) 78% 22% FTA Regulatory Purposes 87% 13% Maintenance Management 81% 19% Asset Condition Assessment 86% 14% Investment Strategy Development 74% 26% Capital Planning Purposes 97% 3% Agency Funding Purposes 87% 13% 84% 16% n = 38.
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... of People FTE Cap Program Management 1 1 Finance 1 1 Knowledge Management Planning 2 0.5 Property Service 1 1 5 3.5 Respondents Percentage Yes 16 No 84 100 n = 37. TABLE B19 PLEASE ESTIMATE THE NUMBER OF CONTRACTOR PERSON HOURS USED PER UPDATE CYCLE Department No.
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... 61 Varying Based on Asset Type or as Changes Occur 39 100 n = 36. Respondents Yes No Perform infrastructure needs assessment 86% 14% Estimate current magnitude of state-ofgood-repair backlog 70% 30% Project future magnitude of state-ofgood-repair backlog 68% 32% Prepare an agency funding appeal for additional funding 83% 17% Determine agency investment priorities 81% 19% Estimate magnitude of state-of-goodrepair backlog 67% 33% Other applications (please explain below)
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... Investments 27 Service Expansion 21 Enhancements to Existing Assets 21 Other 11 Response 4.6% accessibility and 23.4% state transit commitments included in the MBTAís 5-year capital program Capital funds will primarily be directed toward replacement buses Incorporates service and capacity expansion, and customer enhancements Information derived from FY09 Budget Book Lines 32 and 33 above include revenue vehicle procurement and are for the period 2009–2015 Maintaining current service Normal replacement projects Other is replacement of temporary World Trade Center (WTC) station.
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... Intermediate asset condition assessments are used to adjust capital program priorities as needed. The asset condition system is used to determine remaining life for some assets.
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Key Terms

  • asset condition
  • capital program
  • revenue vehicles
  • asset inventory
  • asset type

  • respondents yes
  • revenue fleet
  • condition assessment
  • item responses
  • please indicate

  • developed database
  • heavy rail
  • transit asset
  • asset data
  • fixed asset

  • percentage yes
  • capital funding
  • change capital
  • people fte
  • agency staff

  • normal replacement
  • please describe
  • light rail
  • maintenance management
  • commuter rail

  • inventory update
  • agency funding
  • condition assessments
  • asset purchase
  • frequency asset


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