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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