SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORIZATION Midcourse policy and strategy Performance Management

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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

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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

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Reform Performance Accountability Congress and
Stakeholders
Program Consolidation
Performance Objectives
Transparency
Incentives Sanctions
FUNDAMENTAL REFORM
Performance Targets
Monitoring Reporting
Fundamental Transformation
Formula Changes
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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 Americaa huge number of national
  targets---covering the AASHTO six areas plus!!!!

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Task Forces Status Reports
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Task Forces Status Reports Continued
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Task Forces Status Reports Continued
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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

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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

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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

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Setting the Stage AASHTO Plans Challenges -
Continued

• AASHTOs 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

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INITIAL SURVEY STATES THAT HAVE ESTABLISHED
PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND TARGETS - CEO
LEADERSHIP FORUM
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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

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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

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Key Research or Action Performance Measurement
Approaches for Emerging Transportation Issues

• 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

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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 forums sponsoring organizations

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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
  committeeswe 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 measuresparticularly
  meeting some rural concerns and multi-modal urban
  concerns
• We will engage you throughout this legislative
  process