Operations Performance Measurement
What's New
Proposed Rule on System Performance Measures
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration has published a rulemaking that proposes new performance measures to assess system performance, freight movement, and the CMAQ program. The proposed regulation calls for an increased level of transparency and accountability in establishing and achieving targets for performance impacting commuters and truck drivers.
For more information, please visit FHWA’s Office of Transportation Performance Management.
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Urban Congestion Trend Reports for 2015 Available
The 2015 Urban Congestion Trend annual report is now available, providing annual congestion and reliability measure trend information as well as highlighting evaluations of successful operations strategies.
Performance measurement is the use of evidence to determine progress toward specific defined organizational objectives. This includes both quantitative evidence (such as the measurement of customer travel times) and qualitative evidence (such as the measurement of customer satisfaction and customer perceptions).
Operations performance measurement, therefore, measures progress toward meeting the objectives of transportation system management and operations. Although the specific objectives of management and operations activities vary among organizations, most relate to the overall goals of transportation mobility, productivity, and safety.
The FHWA Office of Operations is leading numerous activities to advance the implementation and practice of operations performance measurement at the Federal, State, and local level:
- Urban Congestion Reports
A quarterly snapshot of traffic congestion and reliability trends at the national and city level, developed using archived traffic operations data. - Urban Congestion Trends and Related Reports
Technical reports that communicate recent trends in congestion as well as strategies to manage congestion and improve mobility. - Travel Time Reliability Measures
Guidance documents on the need for, calculation of, and implementation of travel time reliability measures.
The following pages provide links to information and resources to assist in implementing operations performance measurement:
- Performance Measurement Fundamentals
- Examples of Performance Measurement Programs
- Operations Performance Measurement Research
- Relevant Resources and Publications
National Performance Management Research Data Set (NPMRDS) Information
FHWA has acquired a national data set of average travel times for use its in performance measurement. This data set is being made available to States and Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) to use for their performance management activities. The data set will be available monthly. To sign up for access, please e-mail Heretraffic.nhsdata@here.com.
Frequently asked questions on the NPMRDS can be accessed by selecting the following link:
NPMRDS Frequently Asked Questions
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To view previous webinar sessions, please select the link(s) below:
Introduction to NPMRDS
Archived Quarterly Technical Assistance Webinar
- November 1, 2013 – Webinar Presentation
- February 12, 2014 – Webinar Recording
- May 15, 2014 – Webinar Recording
- August 14, 2014 – Webinar Recording
- November 13, 2014 – Webinar Recording
- February 5, 2015 – Webinar Recording
- May 5, 2015 – Webinar Recording
- August 5, 2015*
- November 3, 2015 – Webinar Recording
- February 10, 2016 – Webinar Recording
- May 10, 2016 – Webinar Recording
- August 9, 2016*
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* Due to technical difficulties, the webinar recording is not available. Please contact Rich Taylor if you would like the presentations from that webinar.
