Guidance for Calculating the Return on Investment in Transit State of Good Repair
Transit state of good repair (SGR) is a critical area within the U.S. transit industry. All transit
agencies, large or small, regardless of region of the country or modes operated, face challenges
in maintaining their physical assets in good repair, and many are in a situation where the funds
available for rehabilitating and replacing existing capital assets are insufficient for achieving SGR.
The TRB Transit Cooperative Research Program's
TCRP Research Report 206: Guidance for Calculating the Return on Investment in Transit State of Good Repair
addresses transit agency, user, and social costs and benefits of SGR
investments. The report presents an analysis methodology that utilizes and builds upon
previous research performed through the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP)
presented in TCRP Reports 157 and 198. The guidance (presented in Chapter 3) walks
through the steps for calculating the ROI for a potential investment or set of investments.
A key product of the research is a
spreadsheet tool intended for transit agency use. It is discussed in Chapter 4.
This Summary Last Modified On: 1/22/2020