State of Good Repair Program
The investment baseline for keeping the existing system in good repair: $250M a year, set to be financially achievable.
- $250MPer year base investment in state of good repair, set over 30 yearsSource: SFMTA Asset Management Program
The problem
Systems decay quietly. Without a baseline for what it costs to keep the existing system in good repair, every budget argument starts from zero and the backlog wins by default.
What was built
He built the financial analysis establishing a financially achievable $250M per year State of Good Repair base investment over 30 years, and authored the agency's 2015 Annual State of Good Repair Report.
Source: SFMTA Asset Management Program
How it was done
Set a baseline the budget can actually carry.
- Price the decay
Work out what standing still costs, asset by asset.
- Set the baseline
Fix the annual figure the agency can sustain, not the one it wishes for.
- Report against it
Publish the annual report, so drift is visible.
Documents and artifacts
Credits
- OrganizationSan Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency