A Primer on Performance-based Highway Program Management

A Primer on Performance-based Highway Program Management
Author: AASHTO Task Force on Performance Management
Publisher: AASHTO
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2008
Genre: Highway departments
ISBN: 1560514035

This report follows an earlier AASHTO report for the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission (the Commission) entitled State DOT Performance Management Programs: Select Examples, published in June 2007. It examined performance-based surface transportation program approaches currently being implemented at some of the state DOTs around the country. Building on that primer, this report describes the basic principles involved in applying performance measurement to the state budgeting and program delivery process, and profiles how 11 states have applied these principles to improve performance and accountability.

Performance-based Highway Maintenance and Operations Management

Performance-based Highway Maintenance and Operations Management
Author: Michael J. Markow
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2012
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0309223474

"This synthesis examines current performance-based management practices that are applied by state departments of transportation (DOTs) in highway maintenance and operations (M&O). Past studies have focused on the elements that make up a performance-based M&O approach, such as condition ratings, levels of service, performance measures, and threshold values. This study focuses on how state DOTs actually use performance-based measures to manage their highway programs."--Preface.

Performance Measures of Operational Effectiveness for Highway Segments and Systems

Performance Measures of Operational Effectiveness for Highway Segments and Systems
Author: Terrel Shaw
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2003
Genre: Roads
ISBN: 030906953X

The Transportation Research Board's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 311: Performance Measures of Operational Effectiveness for Highway Segments and Systems examines the use of performance measures for the monitoring and operational management of highway segments and systems.

Target-setting Methods and Data Management to Support Performance-based Resource Allocation by Transportation Agencies

Target-setting Methods and Data Management to Support Performance-based Resource Allocation by Transportation Agencies
Author: National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 133
Release: 2010
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0309155002

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 666: Target Setting Methods and Data Management to Support Performance-Based Resource Allocation by Transportation Agencies - Volume I: Research Report, and Volume II: Guide for Target-Setting and Data Management provides a framework and specific guidance for setting performance targets and for ensuring that appropriate data are available to support performance-based decision-making. Volume III to this report was published separately in an electronic-only format as NCHRP Web-Only Document 154. Volume III includes case studies of organizations investigated in the research used to develop NCHRP Report 666.

Strategies for Implementing Performance Specifications: Guide for Executives and Project Managers

Strategies for Implementing Performance Specifications: Guide for Executives and Project Managers
Author: Sidney Scott III
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 182
Release:
Genre:
ISBN: 0309273862

This report from the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2), which is administered by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, provides recommendations regarding the various cultural, organizational, and legal considerations that can affect the successful implementation of performance specifications.

Accelerating Transportation Project and Program Delivery

Accelerating Transportation Project and Program Delivery
Author: Dennis Keck
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2010
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0309154901

NCHRP Report 662 describes how selected transportation agencies have reduced the time required to complete the project delivery process. This process takes new or renewed transportation facilities and services from conception to completion, ready for users. Project delivery is a primary indicator of an agency's effectiveness. Individual highway and other transportation projects are developed under programs intended to implement agency and legislative initiatives and other public policy. The way programs are organized and managed can determine the speed and efficiency of project development. Accelerating program functions can speed up project delivery. This report describes the experiences of eight state departments of transportation (DOTs) that made improvements in their project delivery and the lessons to be learned from their experiences. The information will be useful to DOT managers seeking to ensure that their agencies' organization, policies, and program operations facilitate project delivery.