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| FY'03 Performance Plan > Attachment A |
| Strategic Goal | National Strategic Objective | Strategic Outcome | National Performance Objective (VF-denotes Vital Few Objective) | National Performance Measure |
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| Safety | Reduce the number of highway-related crashes, and the resulting fatalities and injuries associated with a crash. | The number of highway related fatalities, actual and adjusted per 100 million vehicle miles traveled. The target is 1.4 per hundred million VMT in FY 2003. The number of highway related injuries, actual and adjusted per 100 million vehicle miles traveled. The target is 107 per hundred million VMT in FY 2003. | VF- Reduce fatalities involving roadway departure (run-off-the-road and head-on) crashes by 10 percent by FY 2007. [Note: The target for FY 2003 is to be determined.] | Increase the number of State highway agencies adopting the Roadway Shoulder Rumble Strips technical advisory, or equivalent. |
| VF-Reduce intersection fatalities by 10% by FY 2007. [Note: The target for FY 2003 is to be determined.] | Increase the number of State highway agencies adopting an Intersection Safety Plan, based on the national agenda. | |||
| VF- Reduce pedestrian fatalities by 10% by FY 2007. [Note: The target for FY 2003 is to be determined.] | Increase the number of communities with active programs to identify and improve pedestrian problem sites. | |||
| VF- Implement national strategies supporting multiple objectives, including an increase in seat belt use. | Increase the number of State highway agencies implementing a high-quality, comprehensive safety plan, based on assessment criteria to be developed in early FY 2003. | |||
| Mobility and Productivity | Enhance the operation and efficiency of the existing highway system and intermodal connectors. | The FY 2003 target is to slow the growth of congested travel by 0.2% to 34% from a projected rate of 34.2%.(Note: The above is a national target based on approximately 400 metropolitan areas.) | VF- Mitigate overall impacts of congestion through effective local partnerships. | Number of local and regional partnerships focusing on congestion mitigation strategies. |
| VF- Reduce work zone delay by ensuring that all States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Federal Lands offices are engaged in aggressively anticipating and mitigating congestion caused by highway work zones. | States will complete the Work Zone Self-assessment to identify a baseline figure, and establish out-year targets for improvement. Note: The self-assessment is scheduled for completion and release by October 2002. | |||
| VF- Reduce traffic incident delay by ensuring that all States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Federal Lands offices are engaged in aggressively anticipating and mitigating congestion caused by traffic incidents. | States and metropolitan areas will use an Incident Management Self-assessment Tool to identify a baseline figure and establish out-year targets for improvement. Note: The self-assessment is scheduled for completion and release by October 2002. | |||
| Work with the States to further deploy Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and sustain improvements to operating practices |
Increase the number of regional ITS architectures deployed to 130. Increase the number of metropolitan areas deploying an integrated ITS infrastructure to 64. Increase the share of the nation's population with access to the 511 traffic information telephone number to 30 percent. Reduce delay at international border crossings through interagency partnerships. Reduce travel time delay in freight significant corridors. | |||
| Mobility and Productivity | Preserve, improve and expand the Nation's highway transportation system. | The FY 2003 target is to increase the percent of vehicle miles traveled on NHS pavements with acceptable ride quality to 92.5%, and the percent of deck area on bridges rated deficient for all Average Daily Travel (ADT) to 27.5% and 29.7% on NHS and non-NHS bridges, respectively. | Work with the States to improve and expand the NHS to increase system efficiency and return on investment. |
Increase the number of States that employ 3 or more technology drivers to improve pavement smoothness. Increase the number of States that employ 2 or more types of innovative bridge materials to 37 (from 31 in FY 2001). |
| Environment | Demonstrate environmental steward-ship by protecting and enhancing ecosystems. | To increase ecosystem and habitat conservation:
| VF- Enhance knowledge of FHWA staff in areas of ecosystem and habitat conservation. Showcase existing exemplary initiatives. |
Develop and disseminate best practices on 5 existing initiatives. Increase number of exemplary initiatives from 5 to 8. Continue to replace at least a program wide average of 1.5 acres of wetlands per acre directly affected by Federal Aid highway projects. |
| Environment | Improve the environmental quality of transportation decisionmaking. | By FY 2007, all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Federal Lands Highway Divisions will use:
| VF- Increase the number of States implementing Integrated Approaches and CSS by providing training and guidance. |
Increase the number of States that have adopted CSS from 5 to 8. Establish baseline of best practices associated with integrated approaches to multi-modal planning, the environmental process, and project development. |
| Environment | Improve the quality of the human and natural environment by reducing transportation related pollution. |
Increase the percent of non-attainment and main-tenance areas meeting the on-road mobile source emissions budget goals for ozone, carbon monoxide, and particulate matter to 98.0, 96.0, and 86.0 percent, respectively. Reduce onroad mobile source emissions to 61.8 million tons. | Achieve reductions in on-road mobile source emissions. | Maintain the number of conformity lapses to the average level for the previous 12 months (moving average of 6 in October 2001). |
| National Security | Reduce the vulnerability of critical U.S. transportation infrastructure and improve operational response capabilities. |
Improved ability by State/Local DOTs nationwide to develop countermeasures for securing their more critical highway infrastructure. Improved FHWA headquarters and field office preparation for Continuity of Operations during security events. Increased ability of State and Local DOTs, and other first responders, to respond effectively and efficiently to any emergency event - natural or manmade. Improved collaboration by military and civilian authorities to improve timeliness and effectiveness of military deployments. Development of new security countermeasures technology through an effective security research program. |
Identify critical highway infrastructure, evaluate its risk and vulnerability, and develop measures to reduce vulnerability. Ensure preparedness for response to, and recovery from, attacks on highway infrastructure. Facilitate military deployment from forts to ports. Initiate research, technology development and deployment activities in support of a more secure highway system. |
Facilitate four AASHTO Regional Physical Infrastructure Vulnerability Assessment Workshops; develop strategies for increasing bridge and tunnel security by 2nd quarter of FY 2003; and schedule three training workshops for FHWA and other government engineers in structural response to malevolent actions. Evaluate the FHWA Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) through a table-top exercise, and improvements implemented - three (3) training sessions will be held for Division office emergency coordinators; and facilitate 10 additional emergency preparedness/response workshops. Facilitate additional military/civilian table-top exercises at major military installations in 11 States to improve military deployment during a national security emergency. Identy a long-range security research program and initiate several security research studies during FY 2003. |
| Organizational Excellence | Improve our ability to oversee transportation projects and efficiently manage Federal-aid Highway funds. | [Note: An outcome for project stewardship should be identified.] | Provide stewardship of funds and coordinate efforts to maintain good accountability for expenditures. |
Increase the percent of obligations expended on active projects compared to total obligations, from a FY 2001 baseline of 71 to 73 percent. Reduce the annual amount of Federal Aid funds obligated, but not expended, by 10 percent from the previous year. |
| Organizational Excellence | Streamline the environmental review and permitting processes for projects. | To improve the timeliness of the both the Federal Aid and FLHP environmental process:
| VF- Establish timeframes for all current EIS and EA projects. Continue to reduce the environmental processing time for EIS and EA projects. |
Establish a baseline number of EIS and EA projects with a negotiated timeframe. Reduce the median time to complete an EIS for all projects to 51 months. Reduce the median time to complete an EA for all projects to 17 months. |
| Organizational Excellence | Increase employee satisfaction and effectiveness. | The FY 2003 target is 80 percent of all Agency employees that are satisfied in their jobs. | Develop and Implement the FHWA Human Capital Plan, and the Restructuring Assessment recommendations for Professional Development and Training. |
Maintain percent of payroll for training and development at or above 3 percent of total salaries and compensation. Increase the percent of hiring selections made within 90 days to 55 percent. Increase the percent of employees with professional registration or certification in technical areas; percent of employees with professional association membership; and hours of training per employee in a technical discipline. Baselines for all three measures will be developed in FY 2003. |
| Organizational Excellence | Increase partner and customer satisfaction. | Improvement in overall customer satisfaction, based on aggregated results of foundation surveys. | Establish, implement, and monitor a system of customer surveys, and Agency response to the feedback, to improve customer service and satisfaction. | Increase customer satisfaction, measured as the percent change from a baseline. |
| Increased effectiveness of FHWA's research, technology, and innovation development, including increased involvement of external stakeholders. | Lead and coordinate efforts to effectively perform the role of Innovator for a Better Future, and increase the effectiveness of all FHWA units, as well as our partners and stakeholders, in determining research priorities and deploying technologies and innovation. | Develop and implement a FHWA Corporate Plan for Research, Technology, and Innovation Deployment. Establish performance measures and targets for assessing research program results, in terms of the deployment of technology and innovation that contributes to achieving strategic goals and objectives. |
