Performance Management and Performance-Based Planning and Programming

1. Performance Management and Performance-Based Planning and Programming Arizona Transit Association Arizona Department of Transportation Annual Conference April 15, 2014

2. Overview of Performance Management • Broad consensus that performance management is best practice for 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

3. Performance-based Planning and Programming • Key role for planning and programming to influence more performance-based decision-making • FHWA, FTA, AASHTO, APTA, AMPO, NARC and NADO working informally to: • Define key elements of performance-based planning/prog. • Identify examples of good practice • Engage with stakeholders and identify key challenges and opportunities for capacity building

4. MAP-21 – Performance Management Process • MAP-21 identifies national goal areas • USDOT establishes measures, with input • States & MPOs set targets • State & MPO plans describe how program and project selection help achieve targets • States report progress toward targets to USDOT by October 1, 2016 • Reports typically lead to corrective actions (not sanctions) • Consequences if conditions of NHS falls below thresholds

5. 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)

6. NPRM Statushttp://www.dot.gov/regulations/report-on-significant-rulemakings Safety Measures Infrastructure Condition Asset Management Plan System Performance Planning Public Transportation

7. National Transit Asset Management System • MAP-21 requires FTA to: • Define State of Good Repair (SGR) • Require recipients to develop local TAM plans • Provide an analytical process or decision support tool and technical assistance • Establish SGR performance measures/recipients to set targets • Collect asset inventory/system condition info

8. Transit Asset Management Plan and Reporting Requirements Capital asset inventories and condition assessments Investment prioritization Change in condition since the last report Targets set under state of good repair performance measures Progress towards meeting targets 8

9. National Transit Safety Plan • Safety performance criteria for all modes of public transportation • Will rely on TAM System definition (SGR) • Performance standards for vehicles used in revenue operations: • Does not apply to rolling stock otherwise regulated • Should consider National Transportation Safety Board recommendations and industry best practice • Public transportation safety certification training program

10. Transit Agency Safety Plans Required for all recipients of FTA funding: • Strategies for identifying risks and minimizing exposure to hazards • Trained safety officer to report directly to the general manager • Performance targets based on safety performance criteria established by FTA • Staff training program Plan required within 1 year after effective date of a final rule issued by DOT to carry out the Public Transportation Safety Program

11. FTA Approach: Safety Management Systems (SMS) Framework • Requires new thinking about • Safety policy • Safety risk management • Safety assurance • Safety promotion