MAP-21
National PerformanceTitle
Management Measures
Subtitle
An Overview
of Transportation
Performance Management
Meeting
Date
Jack Jernigan
Office ofFHWA
Transportation
Performance
Management
Office
of RD&T
Overview of Performance Management
• Broad consensus that performance management is
important for accountability and transparency in
the transportation industry
• Most agencies track and report various aspects of
system and agency performance
• Need to integrate performance management
principles into planning and programming
• May be a requirement for a consistent national
approach
U.S Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
Federal Transit Administration
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MAP-21 Background-Performance
 National Goals –Focuses the Federal aid program on 7 goals supported
through the statewide and metropolitan planning process.
 Measures – USDOT to establish performance measures through rulemaking
 Targets - All States, Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs), and public
transportation agencies required to establish targets for each of the measures
established by USDOT.
 Plans – All States, MPOs, and public transportation agencies are required to
develop a number of plans to document strategies and investments to address
performance needs.
 Reports – All States, MPOs, and public transportation agencies are required to
report on progress toward the achievement of their targets.
 Accountability – All States will be held accountable to making significant
progress toward the achievement of their targets established for the National
Highway Performance Program (NHPP) and the Highway Safety Improvement
U.S Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
Federal Transit Administration
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10 Inter-related Rules
 Highway Safety Programs Grants (NHTSA)
 Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) (FHWA)
 Metro and Statewide Planning (FHWA-FTA)
 Safety Performance Measures (FHWA)
 Infrastructure Performance Measures (FHWA)
 System Performance Measures (FHWA)
 Highway Asset Management Plan (FHWA)
 Transit Asset Management (FTA)
 National Transit Safety Program (FTA)
 Transit Agency Safety Plan (FTA)
U.S Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
Federal Transit Administration
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Transportation Performance Management
FHWA Proposal Comment Periods – 2014 & 2015
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
HSIP
Safety PM
Planning
Asset Management
Infrastructure Condition PM
System Performance+ PM
Infrastructure Condition PM NPRM
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Rollout of NPRMs
• For each NPRM, FHWA plans to have:
 NPRM Informational launch events
 An informational session at relevant national conferences, upon
request
 Additional supplementary webinars scheduled to focus on details
of target setting, progress achievement and/or other requirements
• Comments will not be accepted during these informational
sessions.
• All Public Comments should be submitted through the E-docket
for consideration in the final regulation
• Public comment periods will be a minimum of 90 days for all
NPRMs except the HSIP and TAMP NPRMs which is 60 days.
U.S Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
Federal Transit Administration
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Transportation Performance Management
MAP-21 TPM Rulemaking Schedule
Performance Area/Element
NPRM Target
FHWA:
Safety Performance Measures
March 11, 2014
Highway Safety Improvement Program
March 28, 2014
Statewide and Metro Planning; Non-Metro Planning
June 2, 2014
Pavement and Bridge Performance Measures
October 2014
Highway Asset Management Plan
October 2014
System Performance Measures
December 2014
NHTSA: Highway Safety Grants Programs, Interim Final Rule issued on 1/23/2013
FTA: Public Transportation Advanced NPRM closed on 1/2/2014
(4 performance related NPRMs to be published)
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Submit public comments to:
www.regulations.gov
Statewide and Nonmetropolitan Transportation Planning;
Metropolitan Transportation Planning
FHWA-2013-0037
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Additional FHWA Resources
• MAP-21 Web Site
www.fhwa.dot.gov/map21
• Transportation Performance Management Web Site
www.fhwa.dot.gov/tpm
• Performance Measure Rulemaking Direct Contact
to FHWA
PerformanceMeasuresRulemaking@dot.gov
• FHWA Safety Program website
http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/
• Performance-based Planning and Programming
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/performance_based_planning/
U.S Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
Federal Transit Administration
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