Comment period for Performance Targets
OTO Recommends Performance Targets
Federal transportation law requires OTO to set performance targets. This year, safety will be set. OTO has elected to support the targets as set by the Missouri Department of Transportation.
Five individual targets comprise the Safety Targets:
- Number of fatalities
- Rate of fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles traveled
- Number of serious injuries
- Rate of serious injuries per 100 million vehicle miles traveled
- Number of non-motorized fatalities and non-motorized serious injuries
Performance Measure | Statewide Target for CY2022 |
Number of Fatalities | 920.6 |
Fatality Rate per 100 Million VMT | 1.205 |
Number of Serious Injuries | 4,564.1 |
Serious Injury Rate per 100 Million VMT | 5.972 |
Number of Non-Motorized Fatalities and Serious Injuries | 484.0 |
Visit http://giveusyourinput.org to review the Targets in further detail and to submit comments. Comments can also be submitted in writing to Ozarks Transportation Organization, 2208 W. Chesterfield Boulevard, Suite 101, Springfield, Missouri 65807, emailed to comment@ozarkstransportation.org, or faxed to 417-862-6013.
The public comment period will end at 5 pm on November 17, 2021. The OTO Board of Directors will review and consider approving the Targets at their November 18, 2021 Board Meeting, held at 12:00 noon. After reviewing recommendations and entertaining public comment, the OTO Board of Directors will decide whether to formally adopt the targets.
For more information, contact: Natasha Longpine, Principal Planner, Ozarks Transportation Organization, 2208 W. Chesterfield Boulevard, Suite 101, Springfield, Missouri 65807, 417-865-3042.
Ozarks Transportation Organization is your Springfield-regional Metropolitan Planning Organization, or MPO. The MPO is a body of elected and appointed members who work together with local, state and federal elected officials and policy-makers, serving to make funding and planning decisions for transportation within the Springfield, MO region.
Public input is a cornerstone of our operations. To tell us what you think, please email us at comment@ozartstransportation.org. Find us on Facebook or on Twitter @theOTOMPO.
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