Performance Requirements Summary
Requirements Summary | NHPP | HSIP | CMAQ | Freight Movement | Implementation Schedule
The MAP-21 legislation integrates performance into many federal transportation programs and contains several performance elements. The FHWA -TPM team is organized to help with coordinating the alignment of MAP-21 requirements, providing guidance, and resources. To assist with this effort FHWA has provided here more information about the specific performance management requirements outlined in MAP-21. Below is more information regarding the performance requirements for Freight Movement as established in MAP-21.
For any comments or questions please email rule PerformanceMeasuresRulemaking@dot.gov.
Freight Movement
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Performance Requirements for Freight Movement |
Performance Measures |
- Not later than 18 months after date of enactment USDOT, in consultation with State DOTs, MPOs, and other stakeholders will promulgate a rulemaking that establishes measures.
- Provide not less than 90 days to comment on regulation.
- Take into consideration any comments.
- Limit performance measures to those described under 23USC150(c).
- USDOT will establish measures for States to use to assess freight movement on the Interstate system
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Performance Targets |
- States must coordinate, to the maximum extent practical with relevant MPOs in selecting a target to ensure for consistency
- MPOs must coordinate, to the maximum extent practical, with the relevant State/s in selecting a target to ensure consistency
- Coordination required with public transportation providers.
- States and MPOs must integrate other performance plans into the performance-based process
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Performance Plans |
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Performance Reporting |
- State Report on Performance Progress
- Required initially by October 1, 2016 and every 2 years thereafter
- Report includes:
- Performance of Interstate
- Progress in achieving all State performance targets
- Ways in which congestion bottlenecks in National Freight Plan are being addressed
- Metropolitan System Performance Report
- Required in transportation plan every 4 or 5 years
- Report includes:
- Evaluate condition and performance of transportation system
- Progress achieved in meeting performance targets in comparison with the performance in previous reports
- Evaluation of how preferred scenario has improved conditions and performance, where applicable
- Evaluation of how local policies and investments have impacted costs necessary to achieve performance targets , where applicable
- Statewide Transportation Plan
- No required frequency
- Optional report on system performance
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