Comprehensive framework on asset management of transportation networks and resilience planning

This paper aims to provide proper guidelines for supporting decision-making and prioritization of infrastructure investments and actions. It is based on a framework for asset management of transportation networks. The paper emphasizes the enhancement of resilience of the transport systems, covering multimodal network aspects. The proposed framework promotes a fully functional transport network, optimizing processes at a cross modal and cross border level. Guidance is provided on how to enrich and support the individual, institutional and political action arenas. The main effort is to develop synergies at a cross border and cross modal level and for this reason cooperative solutions offering mutual gain are promoted. Overall, the guidelines ensure the effective use of the generic framework, which could constitute the basis for asset management of National Infrastructure Agencies considering also resilience, as well as regional planning objectives, social factors and criteria.