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

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 133

ISBN-13: 0309155002

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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.


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

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1560514035

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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.


A Guidebook for Performance-based Transportation Planning

A Guidebook for Performance-based Transportation Planning

Author: Cambridge Systematics

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 9780309066624

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"This [i.e. The] purpose of this guidebook is to help organizations improve the development, implementation, and management of their transportation plans and programs. By adding an element of performance measurement and monitoring to existing transportation planning processes, agencies can obtain better information about the performance of their existing programs and services. Performance-based planning provides a process and tools to identify and assess alternative programs, projects, and services with respect to overall transportation plan goals and objectives."--Ch. 1. Overview, p. 3.


Program Evaluation & Performance Measurement

Program Evaluation & Performance Measurement

Author: James C. McDavid

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 504

ISBN-13: 9781412906685

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Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement: An Introduction to Practice offers a conceptual, as well as practical, introduction to program evaluation and performance measurement for public and non-profit organizations. This introductory text discusses topics in a detailed fashion, making it a useful guide for practitioners who are constructing and implementing performance measurement systems as well as for students.


Transportation Performance Management

Transportation Performance Management

Author:

Publisher: Transportation Research Board National Research

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 62

ISBN-13:

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This guidebook provides insights from selected transportation agencies who are successfully integrating transportation performance management programs into a range of key decision-making processes in order to improve their effectiveness and transparency. This guidebook will assist transportation agency staff challenged with turning performance data into meaningful information that will influence agency decisions and actions. It should be of immediate use to those who have mastered the basics of performance measurement but who will benefit from a deeper understanding of what similar organizations have done in order to successfully integrate these systems into key decision-making processes.


Strategic Planning and Decision Making in State Departments of Transportation

Strategic Planning and Decision Making in State Departments of Transportation

Author: Theodore H. Poister

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 0309070015

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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 326: Strategic Planning and Decision Making in State Departments of Transportation examines state and provincial transportation departments' experience with strategic planning and synthesizes current approaches to linking strategic planning with other decision-making processes, including operational and tactical planning, resource allocation, performance management, and performance measurement.


Performance Measurement in State Departments of Transportation

Performance Measurement in State Departments of Transportation

Author: Theodore H. Poister

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13:

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This synthesis will be of interest to state transportation agency administrators, division and functional area managers, program managers, financial and human resources personnel, and others, including state legislators, who are concerned with implementing innovative programs in state departments of transportation (DOTs). It presents information on the degree to which state DOTs have developed and implemented performance measures in all transport modes for which they are responsible. With the advent of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA), as well as pressure from state governments for greater accountability of state funds, DOTs are increasingly endeavoring to develop performance measures to improve their productivity, and to respond to outside demands from state government and the public. This report of the Transportation Research Board describes how performance measures have evolved in state DOTs, the types of initiatives that have been developed, and the effectiveness of such measures in assessing performance and improving productivity, as perceived by the DOTs.


State DOT Public Transportation Performance Measures

State DOT Public Transportation Performance Measures

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13:

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"RB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) RRD 361: State DOT Public Transportation Performance Measures: State of the Practice and Future Needs includes information on performance measures and performance management approaches that may be used by state departments of transportation (DOTs) in relation to public transportation programs"--Publisher's description.