AASHTO SCOPM

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Mn/DOT Performance Management - Setting our
Direction
AASHTO SCOPM Palm Desert, California October
23, 2009
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What we are aiming to achieve Mn/DOT Strategic
Directions

• Safety
• Mobility
• Leadership
• Innovation Promote a culture of innovation
• Transparency Build public trust in Mn/DOT

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What we are aiming to achieveMn/DOT Goals for
Performance Management

• Goal 1. Use measures in plans and operations to
  focus on results
• Goal 2. Innovation and Leadership Be a leader
  in innovation to get more performance results
  with available resources
• Goal 3. Accountability Focus Mn/DOT on results
  with regular performance reporting
• Goal 4. Transparency Build public trust by
  sharing information.

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Goal 1. Use measures and targets in our
transportation plans, our program, and our
operations as a guide for investment decisions
to yield clear results for Minnesota balanced
with community and stakeholder input
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Statewide 20 Yr. Transportation Plan - Some
Guiding Principles

• Performance measures
• Community environment sensitive solutions
• Partnerships - to get more results
• Innovation
• New cost-effective approaches

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Statewide Transportation Plan Ten Policy Goals
Each with Measures to Guide Decisions and Track
Progress
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Measures Guide District Investment Plans and
Project Selection

• Statewide measures and targets set desired
  service levels
• Measures show where we need to improve
• We weigh benefits and costs of strategy options
• Districts make final decisions in community
  context

Cable median reduces fatalities at a moderate
cost
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Statewide Plan ExampleInfrastructure Preservation

• Measures
• Bridge structural condition
• Pavement Ride Quality
• Drain pipes condition
• Strategies
• Bridges The 2009-2018 legislative bonding
  program will reduce Poor bridges to the 2
  performance target
• Pavements - Work to close gap to targets while
  minimizing life-cycle costs
• Invest systematically in other infrastructure
  example - drainage

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• Pavement Preservation
• Materials Office Recommends Where, How, and When
  to Invest Cost-Effectively
• Ride Quality measure is mapped Green, Yellow, Red
  for current condition. It is also predicted for
  future years
• In Central MN District 3, 2.5 of pavements are
  Poor - close to the target of 2.5

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Greater Minnesota Transit Plan Goals and
Measures

• Goals
• Maintain viability of existing systems
• Provide service in unserved areas
• Expand in underserved areas
• Measure
• Bus service hours provided vs. service hours
  needed
• Target
• Meet 80 of hours needed

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Aviation System Plan Goal Provide
cost-effective transportation options for people
and freight Performance Target 90 of
Minnesotans are within 20 miles of a paved and
lighted airport. Status - 96 population
within 20 miles (111 airports)
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20-Year Highway Investment Plan Measures Help
Tell us the Funds Needed to Meet Performance
Targets

• Investment Plan Process
• Identify investments needed to meet all targets
  for Safety, Infrastructure, Mobility and
  Community Priorities 65 B
• Project revenues available for 20 years 15 B
• Set investment goals for a balanced program of
  Safety, Infrastructure Preservation, Mobility and
  Community Priorities - based on measures,
  legislative direction, and stakeholders input
• Develop district plans for expected revenue of
  15 B
• Identify high priority options if we receive more
  dollars 2.5 B

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2009-2028 Projected Revenue for State Highways
15 B
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Challenge How to Address Unfunded Performance
Needs?

• Gas Tax Scenario
• Raising just 2.5 B over 10 years would take a
  12.5 cents gas tax hike
• Mn/DOT Strategies To get more results with
  limited resources
• Practical Design - Employ high-benefit, low-cost
  strategies
• Re-assess approach to Twin Cities congestion
  Right Size vision
• Optimize existing system use with transit and
  strategic spot highway capacity improvements
• Innovative finance and partnership investments

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Goal 2. Innovation and Leadership Find new ways
to finance, design, and deliver projects and
services - To get more performance results with
available resources- To leverage more
resources- To manage demand (pricing)
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Innovation and Partnerships Improve Results
toward Targets and Address Community Needs

• Examples of Strategies
• Context Sensitive Solutions Practical Design
• Complete Streets
• Towards Zero Death Coalitions state and
  regional

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Innovation and Partnerships Safety

• Measure
• Fatalities and serious injuries - all modes
• Strategies for state and local roads
• Toward Zero Deaths Coalition
• state, local, private
• Four E approach partnerships
• System-wide, cost-effective enhancements
• Rumble strips, rumble stripes, cable-median,
  intersection lighting

Centerline rumble strips reduce fatalities
cost-effectively
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Results - Road Fatalities Down 200 in 6 YearsNew
Target - Reduce to 400 by 2010
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Statewide Transportation Plan Twin Cities
Mobility

• Measures Congestion, Incident Clearance,
  Transit Use
• Strategies
• Innovate to move more people on existing systems
• Example Urban Partnership Agreement
• Use strategic, cost-effective spot highway
  improvements that support the economy and planned
  growth
• Work with Metropolitan Council to implement their
  2030 Transit Master Study
• Support increased walking and bicycling.

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The of Twin Cities Freeways Congested was
Reduced 3 of the last 4 years to 17.3

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Innovation Urban Partnership Agreement

• Transit BRT, managed lanes and shoulders
• Road Pricing Mn/Pass
• Technology
• Telecommuting

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Goal 3. Accountability Focus Mn/DOT managers
and staff on results with regularly scheduled
performance reports
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Management Performance Report Schedule 2009
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The of State Pavements in Poor Condition is
GrowingPrincipal Arterials
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The Bridges in Poor Condition was Reduced to
New Low of 3.1 in 2007 Structurally Deficient
Bridges, Principal Arterials
2008 Improvement resulted from higher
investment
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Maintenance and Operations

• Measures Snow and Ice, Pavement Markings,
  Fleet, Customer Satisfaction
• Targets Define desired service levels and
  inform budget
• Targets levels are informed by customer research
  as well as safety, engineering, and
  cost-effectiveness

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Customer Satisfaction Exceeds Target for Snow
Ice Removal
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Goal 4. Transparency Build Public Trust in
Mn/DOT
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New Annual Public Report and Scorecard May
2009

• 11 key measures for 7 goals
• To legislators
• Mn/DOT web home page
• First step in more transparency for results

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2008 Transportation Results Scorecard
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What Have we Achieved with Performance Managment?

• Accountability Managers know their targets,
  where they stand today, key strategies, and
  budget tradeoffs across measures. Results have
  improved for some key areas.
• Balance in Decisions We are still defining how
  to balance performance with other factors in
  decision-making our transportation vision,
  community, environment, quality of life, economic
  competitiveness some of which are currently
  less measurable.

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Download plans at http//www.dot.state.mn.us/pla
nning/stateplan/index.htm

• See 2008 performance report at http//www.dot.stat
  e.mn.us/measures/performancereports.html

Performance Measures Contact Mark C.
Larson Director, Performance Measures Office of
Investment Management 651-366-3762 markc.larson_at_
dot.state.mn.us
Statewide Plan Contact Peggy Reichert Director,
Statewide Planning Office of Investment
Management 651-366-3778 peggy.reichert_at_dot.state.m
n.us