Gray Notebook

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Navigating the Gray Notebook

    
The Gray Notebook is published quarterly in February, May, August and November. The current edition (6.4 mb) is available on-line.  
The Gray Notebook Lite is published alongside each edition of the full Gray Notebook. The current edition (824 kb) is available on-line.
Navigating the Gray Notebook is a four-page folio explains the subjects included on this web page, and the agency's graphing and performance journalism style. The Folio is available as a PDF (1,283 KB)

The Gray Notebook (officially titled Measures, Markers and Mileposts) is organized into two main sections: Beige Pages and White Pages.

Annual updates provide in-depth analysis of topics and associated issues.

Beige Pages are WSDOT’s project delivery performance report on the Nickel Projects, designated by the Legislature in its 2003 Transportation Funding Package, and the Transportation Partnership Account Projects, designated by the Legislature in 2005. It contains detailed narrative project summaries and financial information supporting WSDOT’s “no surprises” reporting focus.
  

White Pages are WSDOT’s transportation system and agency program performance report. Annual and quarterly updates are provided based on regularly scheduled reporting cycles. Special features change from quarter to quarter.  

Gray Notebook Lite is a quarterly excerpt of key performance topics and Nickel project summaries from the Gray Notebook, allowing a quick review through short synopses of selected topics. It is published as a four-page folio with a two-page Beige Page summary insert. View the current Gray Notebook Lite (824 kb). 

Subject index provides online access to current and archived performance information. The comprehensive index is easy to use and links to every performance measure published to date. Measures are organized alphabetically within program areas. Links to subject topics and edition numbers provides quick access to specific pages of the Gray Notebook.  A copy of the subject index is also provided in the back of each edition. View the online subject index

Project Pages contain information on all aspects of a specific project, including links to Quarterly Project Reports (QPR). Visit the Project Page Index   

Topic Publication Cycles
Both the Beige and White pages feature article topics that occur on three publication cycles: quarterly, bi-quarterly, and annually. Some of the articles occur as part of several series, including: Cross-Cutting Management Issues, Asset Management, Highway Maintenance, Environmental Programs, and Highway Safety. The following is a list of currently produced topics for both sections of the Gray Notebook.



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