Public
Transportation Management System
Initially required under the Intermodal SurfaceTransportation
Equity Act, with the advent of Transportation Equity Act of the 21 st Century
(TEA-21), the US Department of
Transportation (USDOT) has continued to encourage states to maintain PTMSs
as part of statewide intermodal planning efforts to ensure more effective
investment planning and utilization of State transportation resources. In
response, ADOT developed a process that includes FTA funded assets in urbanized
and rural areas in Arizona. As an outgrowth of PTMS development, ADOT has
instituted an enhanced vehicle inventory database system known as TAPS - Transit
Automated Program System. This innovative system facilitates vehicle tracking,
business applications and improved customer service.
Asset
Management -
TAPS
TAPS, Transit Automated Programs Systems, is a database used by
the Public Transportation Division for supporting business applications within
the Section 5310 & 5311 Federal Transit Administration Grant programs.
Functions of TAPS include:
- Provider Contact Information
- Vehicle Inspection Reports
- Vehicle Lien Information
- Budget and Funding Allocation
Benefits of TAPS
Asset management programs are vital to public agencies to
provide more thorough accounting of its assets. More important is the advantage
that expanded asset management affords in making better decisions about capital
needs. Involved stakeholders will greatly benefit by this important added value.
TAPS will greatly enhance these business applications by providing a systematic
approach of collecting and interpreting data thereby providing funding
recipients with accurate and fair evaluations of their asset management. The
method in which transit systems make capital and operating decisions in light of
limited resources will be a significant part of how asset management systems
such as TAPS will assist ADOT and local transit operators in the future. Other
benefits include:
- Automating the ADOT lien vehicle inspection process
- Improving the quality and quantity of Section 5310 and 5311 Annual Report
for use in prioritizing new vehicle awards and grant funding.
The TAPS Program Manager is Mr. Mark
Hoffman.
