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The Transportation Research Board Performance Measurement Committee (ABC30) and the Data and Information Systems Section (ABJ00) hosted a workshop to identify ongoing issues and research directions in data management processes for performance measures. Fifteen state and local transportation agencies were selected based on their leadership and interest in the development and utilization of performance measures. Prior to the workshop, agency participants completed an extensive questionnaire on their data collection and data management practices for performance measures. Results of the completed questionnaires, and subsequent peer exchange discussions, provided insights into current practices. Agencies recognized that data management for performance measures is a complex issue with multiple stakeholders requiring an enterprise approach. Multiple agencies provided comprehensive examples of their enterprise efforts. However, major concerns included data quality, data collection practices, data access, and resource and staffing requirements. Participants expressed the need for quality and understandable performance data, ready access by decision makers, greater state, federal, and local agency participation in data sharing, and more sophisticated tools for data analysis and modeling. In breakout groups, the peer exchange participants focused on four major interest areas regarding data for performance measures: data challenges, plans to improve data systems, integrated systems for analyzing and reporting data, and integrated data collection. At the end of the workshop, each breakout group presented their top research issues. Upon a thorough discussion of these issues, the workshop participants developed research problem statements to address specific areas of interest. These problem statements included the development of performance-based investment programs and data systems, setting effective performance targets, integrating individual transportation system-level performance programs to determine network performance, and real-time transfer of information to the customer.

English

125p

2007-4

Transportation Research Circular

Challenges of Data for Performance Measures

Web

Appendices (1) ; Figures; Tables (1)

Data collection; Data management; Data quality; Data sharing; Performance measurement; Questionnaires; State of the practice; Workshops

Data access; Peer exchange; Research problem statements

Administration and Management; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration

TRIS, TRB

Apr 27 2007 10:15AM

• Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities Perspective
• California Department of Transportation Perspective
• Data Business Plans in Florida
• Florida Department of Transportation Perspective
• Idaho Transportation Department Perspective
• Kansas Department of Transportation Perspective
• Key Ideas from the Issues and Challenges in Using Existing Data and Tools for Performance Measurement: TRB Performance Measures Conference
• Maryland Department of Transportation Perspective
• Metropolitan Transportation Commission Perspective: San Francisco Bay Area
• Minnesota Department of Transportation Perspective
• Missouri Department of Transportation Perspective
• Montana Department of Transportation Perspective
• Research Problem Statement: Developing Performance-Based Investment Programs and Data Systems
• Research Problem Statement: Integrating Individual Transportation System-Level Performance Programs to Determine Network Performance
• Research Problem Statement: Real-Time Transfer of Information to the Customer
• Research Problem Statement: Setting Effective Performance Targets for Transportation Programs, Plans, and Policy
• San Diego Association of Governments Perspective
• Virginia Department of Transportation Perspective
• Washington State Department of Transportation Perspective
• Washington State Transportation Improvement Board Perspective
• What Does Senior Management Need to Know About Data for Performance Measures?