A State Perspectiveon Performance Management and Planning

by Deb Miller, Kansas DOT Secretary

National Forum on Performance Based PlanningDallas - September 2010

Emergence of performance measures led to formation of the

Standing Committee on Performance Management

(SCOPM)

8 Task Forces were assigned to look at performance measures in specific areas:

SafetyPreservationCongestionEnvironmentSystem OperationsFreight/Economic DevelopmentComparative Performance MeasuresPlanning and Programming Process

The Task Force has hosted two events

It’s easy to get distractedas to why it won’t work

But we need more

data!!!

…a performance-based approach is appropriate

…a national performance-based approach is coming

…DOTs and MPOs need to have a strong voice at the table

We hold these truths

to be self evident…

Nine Workshop Themes and Ideas

1.States and Local Agencies

should have a rolein setting targets

2.State and local

politics must be accommodated

3.There must be a balance

between data-drivenand qualitative decisions

4.Performance measures should

be used to report progresstowards national goals – and they should roll up

to the national level

5.ARRA can serve as a pilot

for what works in reporting

6.USDOT should

represent the national interest during planning process

7.USDOT should approve the process

not the targets themselves

8.The current pipelines of projects

must be allowed to fit

9. Recognize that it could takea few authorization cycles

before we get where we want to be

A last word:Collaboration

A State Perspectiveon Performance Management and Planning

by Deb Miller, Kansas DOT Secretary

National Forum on Performance Based PlanningDallas - September 2010