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PERFORMANCE REPORT

SUMMARY PERFORMANCE TABLES

The following tables present the results over several years, when possible, of all the performance measures tracked in this report. The measures are grouped by strategic goal.

Safety Performance Summary
Performance Measure 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Actual 2008 Target Met/ Not Met
(r) Revised; * Preliminary estimate # Projection from trends; Met Met; Not Met Not Met
Passenger vehicle occupant highway fatality rate per 100 million passenger vehicle-miles traveled (VMT).   1.21 1.17 1.15 (r) 1.11 (r) 1.05 * 1.03 # 1.06 Met
Large truck and bus fatality rate per 100 million total VMT.       0.185 0.176 0.170 * 0.168 * 0.171 Met
Motorcyclist fatality rate per 100,000 motorcycle registrations. 65.4 69.2 69.8 73.5 72.34 (r) 71.8 * 71.3 * 76 Met
Non-occupant fatality rate per 100 million VMT   0.19 0.19 0.20 0.19 0.18 0.19 * 0.19 Met
Number of commercial air carrier fatalities per 100 million persons onboard             0.4 * 8.7 Met
Number of fatal general aviation accidents 348 366 340 354 299 314 299 * 325  
Rail-related accidents and incidents per million train-miles 20.04 19.40 19.02 18.03 (r) 17.42 (r) 16.56 (r) 15.74 * 18.45 Met
Transit fatalities per 100 million passenger-miles traveled 0.473 0.461 0.467 0.428 0.389 (r) 0.437 (r) 0.289 * .468 Met
Number of serious incidents for natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines 36 61 48 41 (r) 35 (r) 47 (r) 41 * 40 Not Met
Number of serious hazardous materials transportation incidents 480 (r) 472 492 528 (r) 495 (r) 473 (r) 451 * 462 Met

Reduced Congestion Performance Summary
Performance Measure 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Actual 2008 Target Met/ Not Met
(r) Revised; * Preliminary estimate # Projection from trends; Met Met; Not Met Not Met
ADA - Americans with Disabilities Act
Percentage of travel on the National Highway System (NHS) meeting pavement performance standards for “good” rated ride 49 50 52 52 54 57 (r) 56 * 57 Not Met
Percentage of deck area on National Highway System (NHS) bridges rated as deficient, adjusted for average daily traffic 29.9 29.8 32.0 (r) 29.9 29.2 29.7 (r) 29.5 * 22.0 Not Met
Percentage of total annual urban-area travel occurring in congested conditions N/A 28.5 (r) 28.6 (r) 28.6 (r) 28.4 (r) 27.8 * (r) 27.3 # 32.3 Met
Average percent change in transit boardings per transit market (150 largest transit agencies) 0.2 0.7 0.7 1.9 2.1 2.5 (r) 4.3 * 1.5 Met
Percent of bus fleets compliant with the ADA 90 93 96 96 98 98 (r) 98 * 98 Met
Percent of key rail stations compliant with the ADA 77 82 82 91 92 94 * (r) 95 * 94 Met
Percent of all flights arriving within 15 minutes of schedule at the 35 Operational Evolution Plan airports due to NAS-related delays 82.2 82.3 79.07 88.10 88.36 86.96 (r) 87.29 * 88.00 Not Met

Global Connectivity Performance Summary
Performance Measure 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Actual 2008 Target Met/ Not Met
(r) Revised; * Preliminary estimate # Projection from trends; Met Met; Not Met Not Met
Percent of days in the shipping season that the U.S. portion of the St. Lawrence Seaway system is available 98.7 98.9 99.1 99.7 99.0 99.4 98.8 99.0 Not Met
Number of freight corridors with an annual decrease in the average buffer index rating N/A N/A N/A N/A 3 5 23 * 25 Not Met
Number of U.S. border crossings with an increase in operational reliability N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 5 4 * 5 Not Met
Number of new or expanded Bilateral and Multilateral agreements competed (new measure in FY 2004) N/A N/A 3 2 4 3 4 2 Met
Number of potential air transportation consumers (in billions) in international markets traveling between the U.S. and countries with open skies and open trans-border aviation agreements (measure revised in FY 2005) N/A 1.48 1.72 2.97 3.01 3.83 3.94 3.85 Met
Cumulative number of technology/information exchange agreements that promote the U.S. highway transportation industry N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 4 4 3 Met
Percent share of the total dollar value of DOT direct contracts that are awarded to women-owned businesses 3.8 4.2 3.8 6.6 8.4 (r) 10.4 (r) 7.0 * 5.1 Met
Percent share of the total dollar value of DOT direct contracts that are awarded to small disadvantaged businesses 16.2 15.8 15.6 12.7 16.2 (r) 18 (r) 16 * 14.6 Met

Environmental Stewardship Performance Summary
Performance Measure 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Actual 2008 Target Met/ Not Met
(r) Revised; * Preliminary estimate # Projection from trends; Met Met; Not Met Not Met
12-month moving average of the number of areas in a transportation emissions conformity lapse 6.0 6.0 6.3 5.8 1.3 0.0 0.0 * 6.0 Met
Number of hazardous liquid pipeline spills in high consequence areas 48 52 49 55 (r) 46 (r) 50 (r) 59 * 50 Not Met
Percent DOT facilities characterized as No Further Remedial Action Planned under the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act 91 94 93 92 92 93 94 93 Met
Number of Exemplary Human Environmental Initiatives undertaken N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 11 10 Not Met
Median time in months to complete environmental impact statements for DOT funded infrastructure projects N/A N/A N/A 56 57 67 63.5 * 60 Not Met

Security Performance Summary
Performance Measure 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Actual 2008 Target Met/ Not Met
(r) Revised; * Preliminary estimate # Projection from trends; Met Met; Not Met Not Met
Percentage of DoD-required shipping capacity complete with crews available within mobilization timelines 94 96 94 95 93 97 97 94 Met
Percentage of DoD-designated commercial ports available for military use within DoD established readiness timelines 92 86 93 87 100 100 100 93 Met

Organizational Excellence Performance Summary
Performance Measure 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Actual 2008 Target Met/ Not Met
(r) Revised; * Preliminary estimate # Projection from trends; Met Met; Not Met Not Met
Percent of major federally funded transportation infrastructure projects with less than 2 percent annual growth for project completion milestones N/A N/A 73 89 89 89 79 90 Not Met
Percent of finance plan cost estimates for major federally funded transportation infrastructure projects with less than 2 percent annual growth in project completion cost N/A N/A 75 81 84 83 82 90 Not Met
For major DOT aviation systems, percentage of cost goals established in the acquisition project baselines that are met 89.5 88 100 97 100 100 96.08 90 Met
For major DOT aviation systems, percentage of scheduled milestones established in acquisition project baselines that are met 74 77 91.5 92 97.4 97 93.88 90 Met
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