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Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization

Growing into Performance Management at the Boston Region MPO

September 25, 2018

Michelle Scott, MPO Staff

Overview

• What is our MPO context?
• Where are we starting from with performance-

based planning and programming (PBPP)?

• What have we experienced when implementing

PBPP practices?

• What comes next?

Boston Region MPO Characteristics

MPO Goals and Objectives Transportation Needs Analysis Congestion Management Process Analysis TIP Project Selection Criteria Scenario Planning for Long-Range Plan

Existing Activities and PBPP

Performance- based Planning and Programming (PBPP)

PBPP Growth Areas

• Communicating PBPP principles and

requirements

• Managing system and project-level data to

understand current and potential performance

• Coordinating with partners to develop targets

and address PBPP requirements

• Telling a story about transportation

performance in the MPO region

Introducing PBPP Concepts

COORDINATE

• Created a framework that integrates

different types of federal requirements

• Explain how this framework builds

upon what the MPO already does

• Explain how the MPO can make the

PBPP framework their own

• PBPP Handbook available at

bostonmpo.org/performance

PBPP Process Questions

• What story are the federal measures trying to

tell and why?

• Why is the federal TMP framework structured

the way that it is?

• How should the MPO approach target setting,

given federal requirements and state targets?

• How do we factor past and more recent MPO

investments into target setting?

TMP = Transportation Performance Management.

PBPP Data Management

Needs and Challenges:

• Leverage available state and MPO

data and resources to understand performance

• Address limitations in data sources

that affect trend analysis

• Portray anticipated impacts
• f all projects in the region

(not just MPO-funded projects) Performance Measurement Project data System data

Integrating Project Data

Needs and Challenges:

• Integrate different systems

to manage all necessary data

• Identify data to measure project

contributions to performance

• Account for project scope

changes

Cost and Funding Sources Scope and Characteristics Evaluation Results Anticipated Project Contribution to Performance Measures

Performance Measure Group Local Partners Approach

Highway Safety

• MassDOT
• Executive Office of Public

Safety and Security Support state targets Transit Asset Management

• Three transit agencies
• MassDOT

Adopt transit agency targets CMAQ Traffic Congestion

• Two State DOTs in UZA
• One additional MPO in UZA

Adopt UZA targets CMAQ Emissions

• State DOT

Set MPO-level targets (for maintenance area)

MPO Target-setting Status

CMAQ = Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement. DOT = Department of Transportation. UZA = Urbanized Area.

Challenges

Limited or delayed information exchanges and coordination, in some cases Selecting analysis approaches when data options are new or limited Addressing political realities of performance measures and target setting

Coordination for PBPP

Positive Experiences

Stronger relationships between transportation agencies Opportunities to connect MPO board members to subject matter experts Good outcomes when groups work together to review data and address requirements and challenges

Storytelling in the TIP

For each MPO goal area:

• Available trend data from state,

MPO, or other sources

• Applicable federal performance

measures and targets

• Aggregate information on MPO-

funded projects, based on project evaluation process

• Safety
• System Preservation
• Capacity Management

and Mobility

• Clean Air and Clean

Communities

• Transportation Equity
• Economic Vitality

MPO Goal Areas

Storytelling: MPO Performance Dashboard

Dashboard available at bostonmpo.org/performance

Upcoming Areas for Growth

• Use more sophisticated methods for setting

performance targets

• Bring PBPP more fully into MPO project

selection discussions

• Enhance project data for prospective and

retrospective analysis

• Balance performance measures with other

decision criteria

• Build an MPO-specific PBPP process

Thank You!

Michelle Scott Boston Region MPO 857-702-3692 mscott@ctps.org bostonmpo.org/performance