Transcript AASHTO Strategic Plan

Strategic Plan
Adoption
May 18 2009
PRESENTERS
 John Horsley Reason for update
 Al Biehler
 Pete Rahn
 Deb Miller
 All
Summary of Plan Changes
Performance and Accountability
Elements
Climate Change, Energy
Discussion/Questions and
Board Action
Why Update the Strategic Plan?
 Last update 2005
 Most of the AASHTO
Work Plan has been
achieved
 New challenges have
arisen
Bridge the Gaps
 Current plan does not
address issues such
as:
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Climate Change
Accountability
Trust Fund Crisis
What Went Into Plan Update?
 Interviewed 42 CEOs
 Surveyed 314 AASHTO
committee members
 Task Force met in
Scottsdale to draft
updated Plan
 Draft Plan Presented at
Regional Meetings
Major Survey Findings
 Current plan generally remains valid
 Funding overrides all other issues
 Climate Change, Accountability - key issues
 Members retain strong support for technical
services
 Management help strongly desired
Summary of Plan Changes, Al Biehler
 Most elements of current plan retained
 Campaign to secure funding from sustainable
sources leads plan
 Safety is emphasized
 Plan retains emphasis on technical services,
& services to members.
Emergency Response, Congestion and
Operations
 New language: Support national defense and improve disaster
response
 Old language: Establish transportation as a vital element of
national security
 New Language: Create a congestion-free America through
improvements to the multimodal transportation system and
improve system performance through advanced technology and
operations
 Old Language: Increase mobility by encouraging multimodal
and intermodal solutions, policies, and technologies
Transportation Funding, Grassroots
Marketing Campaign
 AASHTO needs to be front and center now to
deal with the funding crisis
 Our new national marketing campaign is a
major first step in that process - we all need
to be engaged
Pete Rahn: Accountability and
Performance
 Performance generated the most survey
discussion, 194 comments
 85% said AASHTO should take the lead
 Members also see it as a threat, potential
pitfall for AASHTO
 Consensus, “If we don’t do it, someone will do
it for us.”
New Accountability Language
 “Promote accountability through
performance-based management to enhance
the national transportation system, and work
with strategic partners to develop a
framework of goals, standards and metrics
tailored to meet individual state needs.”
Deb Miller: Should AASHTO address
Climate Change?
 72 percent said they
face some Climate
Change pressure
 Concerns are that
Climate Change will
affect:
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NEPA
Conformity
Funding
Have You Faced Climate Change
Issues?
80
70
60
50
Percent 40
30
20
10
0
Yes
No
The Climate Change Challenge
 36 Governors have taken leadership
positions on climate change, often without
consulting state DOTs
 Federal legislation will proceed whether
AASHTO Members want it or not
 AASHTO assistance would help state’s keep
abreast of policy developments at state and
national levels
Energy, Climate Change
 Two Climate Change Objectives in new Plan
 “Advocate energy and climate change
policies that are in agreement with AASHTO’s
policies on transportation and enhance the
national and state economies, improve
national security and reduce greenhouse
gases”
 “Develop technical services for climate
change mitigation and adaptation”
Move for Adoption
 Plan, when enacted, will drive AASHTO
staff work plan
 Seek motion to adopt