This report describes activities and resources an agency may use in support of managing traffic management systems (TMS) assets to maintain and improve these assets’ performance and lifespans. The report discusses TMS asset identification, classification, and inventorying; key aspects of managing and maintaining TMS asset data; managing TMS asset spares and replacements; TMS asset configuration management; and TMS asset monitoring, evaluation, and reporting. While the report focuses on managing TMS assets, it also identifies how the related activities and results support transportation asset management (TAM) for TMSs. In the report, the activities are linked to the elements of an agency’s TAM program and activities.

Recommended citation: Federal Highway Administration, Managing Traffic Management Systems Assets (Washington, DC: 2024) https://doi.org/10.21949/1521760