摘要: |
In the early 1990s the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) was a highly centralized agency that had just completed its final links in the Interstate Highway System. At the same time the Department was facing the reality that much of the existing system had been in place for more than 40 years. MDOT needed to move the organization away from building to managing and operating the existing infrastructure. At the same time, the 1991 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) provided the impetus for what was to become a comprehensive redesign of MDOT's business practices within an Asset Management framework, with data management a key requirement for the decision-making process. To support improved decision making, MDOT began its data integration effort by building the Transportation Management System (TMS). |