Peggy Reichert, of the Minnesota Department of Transportation, at the 2012 National Rural Transportation Conference.

1. National Association of Development Organizations
April 25, 2012

2.  MAP 21 Performance Goals
◦ Safety
◦ Infrastructure Condition
◦ System Reliability
◦ Freight Movement/Economic Vitality
◦ Environmental Sustainability
 Measures- set by US DOT
 Targets- set by States, MPOs; US DOT oversight
 Investment Plans- US DOT certifies/sets process
 Performance Reporting- by States, Federal summary

3. Plan
Adjust Strategies Performance Based
& Priorities Investment Program
Performance
Act Management Do
Cycle
Track Performance Project Selection &
Measures Check Implementation

4. Minnesota DOT as a case study
 Performance Management approach evolving since 1990’s
 Planning
 Investment Program
 Performance Monitoring
 Planning & Programming Adjustments

6. Policy Plan Highway Investment Plan Performance Monitoring
Goals, policies, and Fiscally constrained 20 Regular review of
performance year investment plan with performance in each
measures, targets projected performance policy area
results

7. Ten Goals – Each with Measures to
Guide Decisions and Track Progress
1. Traveler Safety 6. Twin Cities Mobility
2. Infrastructure Preservation 7. Greater MN Mobility
3. Maintenance & Operations 8. Community Development
4. National-Global Connections 9. Energy and Environment
5. Statewide Connections 10. Accountability and
Transparency

9. Investment Performance Performance Method to
Category Measure Target Assess Needs
Pavement Ride Quality Index >70% Good Pavement Mgt Model
< 2% Poor
Bridge Structural Condition 84% Good/Fair Bridge Management
Rating < 2% Poor System
Other Infrastructure Condition or Varies Condition inventories
Life Cycle and replacement cost
estimates
Safety Fatalities TZD; short term targets Cost estimates of system
2010 < 400 fatals wide enhancement
strategies
Interregional Corridors Corridor Travel Speed HP IRC MP IRC IRC speed prediction
60 mph 55 mph model and improvement
cost estimates
90% system +/- 2mph
Twin Cities Mobility Duration and Extent of No target; Traffic forecast model
Congestion Tracked as indicator with capacity
improvement cost
% system miles> 45 mph estimates

10. Traveler Safety
$3.1
5%
Infrastructure
Preservation
$16.3
26%
Regional & Community
+ Improvement Priorities
= $3 to $5 B
Mobility
$42.6
69%
Investments to
Meet Performance
Targets = $62 B

11. Step 2: Project Revenue $15 B (2009-2028)

12. Step 3: Set Priorities for Available Funding
Goal: Address 4 strategic priorities
• Safety
• Mobility
• System Preservation
• Regional/ Community Priorities
Considerations
• Legislative Direction: Ch 152 bridge program
• System Performance trends
• Public and Stakeholder Input

13. 1. Bridges: Ch. 152 and 85% of other needs
2. Low cost, system wide safety (3 x HSIP
goal)
3. Pavement Preservation (70% of remaining)
4. Other Infrastructure: some level
5. Allocate remaining at District discretion
• Traveler Safety (Capacity Improvements)
• Mobility
• Regional & Community Improvement
Priorities

14. RCIPs Other

$0.6 $0.4
Traveler
4% 3%
Safety
$1.4
9%
Mobility
$1.0 Infrastructure
7% Preservation
$11.6
77%
($ in Billions, Year of Construction)

15. Predicted
Performance Category
Performance
Bridges
Chapter 152
Other Bridges
Roadway Fatalities
Pavement
Other Infrastructure
Mobility
Greater Minnesota Interregional
Corridors
Twin Cities Freeway Congestion

16. Step 5: Identify High Priority Investments
Options for Potential Additional Funding
RCIPs
Traveler $115
Safety 5%
Identify 5% of the
$385
unmet needs as high 16%
priority investment Infrastructure
options distributed Preservation
across all four $970
investment 39%
categories Mobility
$1,000
40%

17. Annual Performance Report

18. 10 Year Program: Annual Check In Meeting

19. Pavement Conditions
2009 2014 2020
100%
90%
80%
70%
Percent of System Miles
60% 4819 4675
miles
4373
50% miles 3733
miles
3281
40% miles 2930
miles
30%
20% 1688
miles
10% 416
915 574
1060
miles
miles 598 miles miles
0% miles
PA Good
PA Good PA Poor
PA Poor Other Good
NPA Good Other Poor
NPA Poor

20. ARRA- focus on pavements
Better Roads Program- focus on pavements
Bond savings from good Bridge bids
Fund Balance

21. Adjust the Strategies: increase available
funding impact
Strategic Highway Safety Plan
• Data driven, evidence based
• Focus on lane departures, intersections
• System wide, low cost safety enhancements
Twin Cities Mobility
•Old Approach: add SOV capacity ($38 B funding gap)
•New Approach ($6 -8 B funding gap)
Low Cost/High Benefit CMSP projects
MnPass- HOT lanes providing advantages for transit
Performance Based Design- 80/20 rule

22. Adjust the Measures: reflect new
goals, strategies
Current Measure:
congestion (% system miles <45 mph)
New Measures:
System reliability relative to other Metro Areas
% MnPass system developed
Person through put
Transit access

23. Roadway Fatalities All State & Local Roads
800
700
650 657
625 655
600 626 Base Year
600
594
597 568
576 567 559
510 2008 Target
500
494 500
Reduce Fatalitites less than 10 per year*
455
Reduce Fatalities by 10 to 30 per year
SHSP Target 2008 2010 Target
400 421
3-Year Average 400
Annual Fatalities
1995 - 2003 Trendline
300
* Reduction in fatalities less than 10 per year, or if
fatalities exceed target after 3 years.
200
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2012
2013
2011

27.  Step 5 Identify risk-based priorities if additional
funding is allocated

28. Benefits
 Increase accountability and transparency
 Links planning to programming
 Financial constraint forces critical trade-off analysis
 Helps communicate case for increased funding
Challenges
 Goals must drive measures; targets must be attainable
 Requires better understanding of cause and effect
 Resource Intensive (data, technical staff, mgt time)
 Requires inter-agency cooperation (get on same page)

29. Peggy Reichert
Office of Capital Programs & Performance Measures
Minnesota Department of Transportation
peggy.reichert@state.mn.us