HomeMy WebLinkAboutA001 - Council Action Form dated January 13, 2026ITEM #:2
DATE:01-13-26
DEPT:AAMPO
SUBJECT:TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT TARGETS
TRANSPORTATION POLICY COMMITTEE ACTION FORM
BACKGROUND:
Per federal requirements, the Ames Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (AAMPO) is
required to adopt and utilize the following performance measure targets:
PM1 – Roadway Safety Targets
PM2 – Pavement & Bridge Condition Targets
PM3 – System Reliability & Freight Targets
Transit Asset Management (TAM) Targets (this Policy Committee action)
Transit Safety Targets
These targets are required to be included within the AAMPO’s transportation plans, with the
regional performance relative to these targets being detailed in Metropolitan Transportation
Plan (MTP) updates.
CyRide develops its own TAM targets and transit safety targets. When CyRide updates its
targets, the AAMPO has 180 days to either support the updated targets from CyRide or
develop its own. Historically, the AAMPO has chosen to adopt CyRide’s targets. On October
3, 2025, CyRide notified the AAMPO of its new TAM Plan, which included new TAM
targets. As such, the AAMPO has until April 1, 2026, to adopt new TAM targets. The
Transportation Technical Committee recommends approval of the new TAM targets.
The following tables show the updated TAM targets from CyRide:
CyRide's New TAM Targets
Class Performance
Target
2025
Target
2025
Year-End
Results
2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
Rolling Stock
40'-60' Buses
% of fleet exceeds
CyRide's ULB of 15
yrs.
43%42%31%39%33%27%27%
Rolling Stock
Cutaways
% of fleet exceeds
FTA ULB of 8 yrs.0%0%0%0%0%0%0%
Equipment
Shop Trucks
% of fleet exceeds
CyRide’s ULB of 10
yrs.
0%0%0%0%0%0%0%
Facilities
Admin./Maint.Facility
% of facilities rated
under 3.0 on TERM
scale
0%0%0%0%0%0%0%
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Facilities Ames
Intermodal Facility
% of facilities rated
under 3.0 on TERM
scale
0%0%0%0%0%0%0%
CyRide provided the following narrative to the AAMPO pertaining to their TAM targets:
CyRide met its FY2025 targets for the Large Bus or Minivan categories as explained below:
Large Buses: CyRide met its 43% FY2025 target as projected by selling two vehicles
from the large bus fleet reducing the large bus fleet from 81 buses to 79. Zero large
buses were replaced over the past year. As a result, 33 of CyRide’s total fleet of 79 large
buses (42%) still exceed the ULB of 15 years at the end of FY 2025.
Cutaways: CyRide met its 0% FY2025 target as desired. No cutaway buses were
replaced in FY2025.
Shop Trucks: CyRide met its target of 0% of the fleet past the ULB for FY 2025, and no
work was needed in FY2025 within this asset category.
Updated Performance Targets for FY2026 – FY2030
Rolling Stock: Within the rolling stock categories, CyRide intends to replace nine large
buses and zero cutaways in FY2026 and eight large buses in FY2027. While funding
has not been allocated yet, CyRide estimates that five large buses will be replaced in
FY2028, five in FY2029 and six in FY2030 through the state DOT process. In total,
CyRide anticipates replacing 33 large buses and 0 cutaways over the next five years. At
the same time CyRide is replacing buses, an additional 19 large buses will reach the
useful life benchmark threshold over the next five years, with targets ranging between
27% and 39% throughout the plan. Altogether, CyRide will add another 13 large buses
past the ULB in FY2027 and 6 more in FY2030. To lower performance targets and keep
the fleet age as low as possible, CyRide anticipates that future requests for discretionary
grant awards from FTA might be required.
Equipment: No replacement of shop truck equipment will be necessary within the life of
this TAM plan.
Facilities: Facilities are rated on FTA’s Transit Economic Requirements Model (TERM)
Scale, with 5.0 as the highest rating and 1.0 being the lowest. A 3.0 rating means the
facility has not exceeded its useful life. Any score below 3.0 signifies that a facility needs
repair or replacement and has exceeded its useful life. Facilities conditions are required
to be calculated every four years. CyRide’s target for its two facilities is that 0% of the
facilities rate under 3.0 on the TERM scale. An analysis of the Admin/Maintenance
facility and the Intermodal facility has been performed, and both facilities have rated a
4.0 on the TERM Scale. Improvements to CyRide’s admin/maintenance facility will occur
over the life of the TAM Plan. CyRide foresees fire suppression improvements where
battery electric buses are parked in FY2026 and hoist replacements to the steam clean
lane in FY2027 allowing cleaning grease from underneath of all buses, including
articulated buses. Future improvements beyond FY2028 might include expansion to bus
storage to park 23 buses/vehicles undercover as well as administrative areas including a
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training wing, conference room and break room expansions.
ALTERNATIVES:
1. Adopt CyRide's new TAM targets.
2. Direct the AAMPO to develop its own TAM targets in coordination with CyRide.
MPO DIRECTOR'S RECOMMENDED ACTION:
CyRide develops its TAM targets using its regional transit asset management data and
knowledge of its fleet and assets. Additionally, these targets were unanimously
recommended for approval by the Transportation Technical Committee. Therefore, it is
the recommendation of the MPO Director that the Transportation Policy Committee adopt
Alternative No. 1, as noted.
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