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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION
AUTHORIZATION
(Mid-course policy and strategy)
Performance Management
Pete Rahn, Chair, AASHTO Standing Committee on
Performance Management
Director, Missouri DOT
May 17, 2009 AASHTO Spring Meeting
Topics for Discussion
• Stakeholder report---the Hill, the Administration,
AMPO, others, our own members
• Status report on the eight task forces of the
Standing Committee on Performance
Management
• Brief Recap of the CEO Forum on Performance
Management at the UMN
• Conclusions and next steps
Reform: Performance & Accountability
Congress and Stakeholders
Transparency
Program
Consolidation
Performance
Objectives
Incentives & Sanctions
FUNDAMENTAL REFORM
Monitoring &
Reporting
Formula Changes
Performance
Targets
Fundamental
Transformation
Very Preliminary Stakeholder
Report
• It is clear that the Hill expects more than we have
committed to
• The Administration at the FHWA level seems to be
conceptually supportive of where we are with measures;
setting national goals may be another story at a higher
level
• Select western states are very concerned with both our
lack of rural accessibility measures and are very nervous
with national goal setting
• AMPO generally supportive; APTA is exploring other
measurement areas such as urban transit accessibility
• T 4 America—a huge number of national targets--covering the AASHTO six areas plus!!!!
Task Forces Status Reports
Goal Areas
Candidate
Measures
Recommended
Measures
Safety
A. Annual
fatalities(3-5 yr.
moving avg.)
B. Major injuries
Annual fatalities
on either a 3 or 5
yr moving avg.
Reduce the Yes-definition of
national
major and
total by 50%
tech support
in twenty
years
Preservation
A. Pavement PSI
or Remaining
Service Life
B. Pavement IRI
C. Bridge %
structurally
deficient by
deck area
A.
B.
C.
Interstate
and other
NHS –no
goal at this
time
Yes
Yes
Yes
National
Goals
Issues
More uniform
definition of
pavement structural
adequacy; national
goals or targets
need to be a
function of funding
levels
Task Forces Status Reports
Continued
Goal
Areas
Candidate
Measures
Recommended
Measures
National
Goals
Issues
Congestion
Travel time index;
Travel delay; Total
travel time;
Buffer Index;
Congestion Cost;
Economic Benefits
Multiple measures
should be used
Nothing yet .
There should be
two specific
components: a
congestion
measure and
pop/job/ or
economic growth
Differences
In technical
capabilities/
problems/
agreement on
measures
among states
and MPOs
Systems
Operations
Urban:traveltime
Reliability;
Snow removal
time; Rural:Road
closure index;
Customer
satisfaction
None yet
Nothing yet
Measures to
use and
comparability
Task Forces Status Reports
Continued
Goal Areas
Candidate
Measures
Recommended
Measures
Environment
1.GHG ( or
surrogate based
on VMT)
2.Climate change
adaptation cost
3.Water quality
The three shown are
likely; others to be
Freight/
Economics
1. Truck travel
time/speed/reliabi
lity
2. Border cross time
3. Double stack
train bridge
clearance; heavy
train track
capability
National
Goals
Issues
none
Refining
measures
and
measurement
techniques
none
Refining
measures
and
measurement
techniques
explored
Other task forces
• Planning and Programming —working
on language changes needed to the
statutorily required planning and
programming process and doing
stakeholder outreach
• Comparative Measures —completed
ones on pavement and safety; soon to
launch ones on bridges and incident
management
CEO Forum
• Purpose
 Exchange best practices
and experiences
 Identify strategic
challenges
 Develop research and
action plans
• Focus of Discussion
 Current Trends
 Leadership Experiences
 Best Practices
• Attendees
 45 participants
representing 14 states,
AASHTO, FHWA, & TRB
Setting the Stage: AASHTO Plans &
Challenges
PRESENTATION: Pete Rahn, Director, Missouri
DOT, and Chair, Standing Committee on
Performance Management
State DOTs face challenges:
Executive turnover
Wild fluctuation in resources at federal and state levels
Public approval driven by condition of system
Variety of reporting structures
Public dislike of taxes and distrust of government
Deteriorating transportation infrastructure
Setting the Stage: AASHTO
Plans & Challenges - Continued
AASHTO’s response:
 Form Standing Committee on Performance Management
 Help states develop policies and tools for performance
management
 Performance-based management can:
 Deliver organizational direction regardless of CEO
turnover
 Create efficiency to show good and bad policies and
processes
 Provide greater accountability and transparency
 Give DOTs credibility by demonstrating what is being
delivered
INITIAL SURVEY STATES THAT HAVE
ESTABLISHED PERFORMANCE MEASURES
AND TARGETS - CEO LEADERSHIP FORUM
Goal Area
Measures Only
Measures
and Targets
Neither
Safety
3
15
0
Preservation
6
9
3
Congestion
6
9
3
Systems
Operations
4
9
5
Environment
3
7
8
Freight/ Economics
4
1
13
Key Research or Action:
Implementing a State DOT Performance
Management System
• Framework/Vision for State DOT Performance
Management (White Paper)
• Capacity Building Program for State and Local
Transportation Agencies
• Approaches to New System Performance Measures
• Performance Management Guidelines and Specifications
• Best Practices for Data Collection and Reporting for
Performance Measures
Key Research or Action: Developing a
Set of National Measures
• AASHTO Policy Statement on the Purpose of National
Performance Measures
• Develop Scenarios for Carrying Out National Performance
• AASHTO Decisions on How to do this Program
• Federal Program Framework
• Develop National Performance Measures
• Customer/Public Outreach and Engagement
• Comparative Performance Measurement
• AASHTO Center of Excellence for Performance
Management
Key Research or Action: Performance
Measurement Approaches for Emerging
Transportation Issues
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Performance Measures for Mega Regions and Corridors
State-of-Practice with International & Private Sector
Land Use & Transportation Strategies for Quality of Life
Performance Measures for multimodal projects
Measuring & Managing Effects of Climate Change on
DOTs & Transportation Industry
• Criteria for Effective Public-Private Partnerships
• Freight/Economic Development Performance
• Policy Implications of Performance
Measurement/Management
Next Steps Based on the Forum
• White paper finalized and posted
to AASHTO SCPM Web site
• Additional DOT surveys collected,
summarized, and posted to Web
• Development of a full
proceedings from the forum,
including presentations, white
paper, and action plans
• Posting of the summary and
follow-up activities on the Web
• Plans for funding and
implementation of research and
action recommendations by the
NCHRP panel and the forum’s
sponsoring organizations
Conclusions and Next Steps
• We appear to be at the right level of pro-action with
regard to our policy position
• We need to work actively with the hill committees—we
are developing legislative material and continuing the
efforts with our NCHRP support contractor.
• Safety and pavements and bridges appear to be the
areas we need to be ready with ASAP.
• We will continue the very effective Task Force Efforts and
look at other measures—particularly meeting some rural
concerns and multi-modal urban concerns
• We will engage you throughout this legislative process