2010 RTA Capital Asset Condition
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Submitted to Regional Transportation Authority 175 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 1500 Chicago, IL 60604-2711 REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY Capital Asset Condition Assessment prepared by URS CORPORATION in association with Kristine Fallon Associates, Inc. LTK Engineering Services Tecma Associates, Inc. Raul V. Bravo & Associates ESA Management and Engineering Consultants Laramore, Douglas, & Popham August 2010 This report is confidential and intended solely for the use and information of the agency to whom it is addressed REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY Capital Asset Condition Assessment Table of Contents Executive Summary --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i Chapter 1: Summary of Background---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Review 1 Chapter 2: Inventory Framework---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Design -------------------- 6 Chapter 3: Condition Rating Process---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ 8 Chapter 4: Asset Inventory Tables and Sampling-------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- 13 Chapter 5: 10-Year Capital Needs Assessment ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 Tables Table i-1 Definitions of Asset Cost---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms ----------------------- iii Table i-2 10-Year Program Summary---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- iv Table 2-1 Inventory Asset Tables by Service Board-------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- 7 Table 3-1 Condition Rating Definition Comparison: RTA vs.----------------------------------------- FTA --------------------- 9 Table 3-2 Useful Life: CTA Assets---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- 10 Table 3-3 Useful Life: Metra Assets---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- 11 Table 3-4 Useful Life: Pace Assets--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 Table 4-1 CTA Sampling Results---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ 15 Table 4-2 Metra Sampling Results---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- 16 Table 4-3 Pace Sampling Results ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 Table 5-1 Definitions of Asset Cost---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms------------------- 19 Table 5-2 Asset Average Condition Ratings by Service Boards----------------------------------------- ------------------------- 22 Table 5-3 CTA Assets: 10-Year Needs Assessment Components (in 000’s) ------------------------------------------------ 23 Table 5-4 Metra Assets: 10-Year Needs Assessment Components (in 000’s) ------------------------------------ 25 Table 5-5 Pace Assets: 10-Year Needs Assessment Components (in 000’s) ---------------------------------- 27 Figures i-1 Rail Passenger Cars Condition Ratings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- vi i-2 Passenger Train Station Condition Ratings ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- vi i-3 Rail Bridges and Structures: Condition Ratings-------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ vi i-4 Fixed Route Passenger Buses: Condition Ratings-------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- vii i-5 Rail Maintenance Facilities: Condition Ratings-------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- vii i-6 Passenger Train Station Condition Ratings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ vii Appendices A-1: Sampling Reports A-2a: CTA Inventory Tables A-2b: CTA 10-Year Needs A-3a: Metra Costs and Inventory Tables A-3b: Metra 10-Year Needs A-4a: Pace Costs and Inventory Tables A-4b: Pace 10-Year Needs A-5: CTA Asset Condition Ratings: Bar and Pie Charts A-6: Metra Asset Condition Ratings: Bar and Pie Charts A-7: Pace Asset Condition Ratings: Bar and Pie Charts A-8: 10-Year Needs Assessment Components (in 000’s) A-9: RTA Assessment Assumptions Regional Transportation Authority Capital Asset Condition Assessment Executive Summary This report summarizes the results of an 18-month effort to assess the condition of existing capital assets for each of the region’s three Service Boards: the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), Metra and Pace. The report’s intent is to provide the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) with a plan for a capital asset condition assessment for each Service Board. The process establishes administrative criteria for the capital replacement, capital rehabilitation and capital maintenance of all assets. Representatives from the Service Boards assisted in all aspects of this process including: the design and development of the inventory tables, the condition ratings system based on useful life and industry standards, the definition of “State of Good Repair (SGR),” the sampling plan and sampling data. Asset Information Teams were formed to design and develop the inventory framework. Each Asset Information Team consisted of members representing the RTA, the Service Board and the URS Team. The Asset Information Teams were each associated with an individual Service Board. For discussion purposes at the Asset Information Team meetings, assets were grouped into five asset types: x Track and Structures x Electrical/Subway Equipment i Regional Transportation Authority Capital Asset Condition Assessment x Signals/ Communications/ Fare Collection x Stations/ Garages/ Facilities x Rolling Stock The Asset Information Teams determined the condition rating process that would be used to assess the condition of the Service Board’s assets. Early on in the assessment, it was determined that an asset’s age would act as the primary “predictor” of an asset’s condition. This approach reflected the best approach possible among the Service Boards while taking into consideration the limited resources of each Service Board and the established level of effort available to undertake the overall assessment. To quote the FTA in its report entitled Transit State of Good Repair: Beginning the Dialogue, October, 2008: “Physical asset condition assessment is the best way to measure SGR for individual assets and on an agency-wide basis. Asset age is a second- best proxy . .” While in-depth availability of information and data was unavailable for each asset for the Service Boards, sufficient data was collected and satisfactory age estimates were established for nearly all assets of the Service Boards. In some instances (e.g, Metra’s rail assets), age data was difficult to ascertain. Thus, an agreement was reached with Metra staff that costs for the regular replacement program would be used to determine 10-year needs in those instances until an accurate inventory could be compiled. Inventory tables form the basis for the 10-year capital needs assessment. During the process of compiling data for the age-based inventory tables, a number of asset groups were selected for an extremely limited on-site sampling effort. The sampling, representing less than 1% of each asset class, was meant to test the degree of consistency between asset age and the condition of assets in actual field conditions. For the most part, though not in all cases, the results of the limited sampling did generally confirm the condition rating process based on asset age. Clearly, to fully assess assets of all Service Boards, thorough inspections would need to be conducted for all assets. This initial 10-year capital needs assessment is based on cost components for backlog, normal replacement and capital maintenance (Table i-1). The backlog component is the value placed upon the replacement of assets characterized by an age greater than their useful life. These assets are still in service and typically have not been replaced within their useful life due to a lack of sufficient funding. Normal replacement costs are the planned replacement cost for assets that will reach the end of their useful life during the 10-year program, 2010-2019. These assets are still in service and would be scheduled for replacement during the 10-year program if sufficient funding were available. The capital maintenance component is the cost associated with keeping an asset in a State of Good Repair. Capital maintenance costs are typically significant and anticipated, and are associated with keeping the asset in service for the full term of its useful life. Capital maintenance costs are characterized by replacement or rehabilitation of asset components, but not replacement of the entire asset. Assets in service beyond their useful lives will typically require increased capital maintenance costs. In addition to backlog, normal replacement and capital maintenance costs, soft and contingency costs were added to the total cost of assets. The majority of soft costs are expended in the planning, engineering, and project