TAMC - About Us

intro about us

The Council
The Transportation Asset Management Council (TAMC) is comprised of professionals from county road commissions, cities, a county commissioner, a township official, regional and metropolitan planning organizations, and state transportation department personnel. The Council reports directly to the State Transportation Commission. Council members are appointed to 3-year terms. The Center for Shared Solutions (CSS) is the central data storage agency of the Council and serves as a non-voting member. The activities of the Council are supported by the TAMC Coordinator and MDOT.
Enabling Legislation

Download 2017-2019 Work Program (PDF)
The Transportation Asset Management Council is expanding the practice of asset management statewide to enhance the productivity of investing in Michigan’s roads and bridges through coordination and collaboration among state and local transportation agencies. The Council’s activities include surveying and reporting the condition of roads and bridges by functional classification categories and assessing completed and planned investments in roads and bridges. The Council also supports the development of appropriate asset management methodologies and provides education and training on the benefits of developing road improvement programs through the use of asset management principles and procedures.
Download 2017-2019 Work Program (PDF)

Annual Reports
TAMC is required by P.A. 499 of 2002 to prepare an annual report detailing its activities during the previous year, and its plans for the upcoming year. The most recently published Annual Report can be found here, along with links to several previous Annual Reports.
Council Policies
To ensure consistency, TAMC has adopted several policies governing the way data will be collected, stored, and distributed, for both Federal-Aid Eligible and Non-Federal-Aid roads. Those policies can be found here, along with the current bylaws that govern the organization and operation of TAMC.
Required Reporting
All road agencies in Michigan are required to report annually on their finances: How much income did they have? Where did it come from? And how did they spend it? This report is referred to as ADARS, which stands for Act 51 Distribution and Reporting System. Road agencies are also required to report on all asset management-related road projects they have completed in the previous year. The tool for that reporting is called the Investment Reporting Tool.

Admin, Communications, and Education Committee
The Administration, Communications, and Education Committee (ACE) addresses issues associated with the documentation of TAMC protocol including documents such as the Council bylaws. The Committee also drafts and edits Council communications that include the Council's annual report to the legislature and official press releases. The Committee's education responsibilities involve the management of the Council's roster of workshops and conferences throughout the year.

Data Committee
The annual statewide data collection through Pavement Surface Evaluation and Ratings (PASER), the Investment Reporting Tool (IRT), and the Act 51 Distribution and Reporting System (ADARS) is initially analyzed by the Data Committee in association with MDOT staff to the Council. The Committee reviews the collection methodology as well as the most effective means or publishing the data itself.

Bridge Committee
The Bridge Committee focuses on how to apply transportation asset management practices to the unique needs of Michigan's bridge infrastructure.

Dashboard Committee
The Council has assigned a high priority to the public accessibility of the data it receives and manages. The Dashboard Committee's responsibility is to produce web-based tools for data viewing that are accurate, visually clear, and robust.

Website Committee
The development and maintenance of a Council website is an ongoing management responsibility. The Website Committee addresses the design and function of the site as well as assuring that it contains the most current Council documents and information.