Comment Period for Performance Targets
OTO Recommends Performance Targets
Federal transportation law requires OTO to set performance targets. This year, four types of performance targets will be set: safety, system condition, system performance, and transit safety. OTO has elected to support the targets as set by the Missouri Department of Transportation for Safety, System Condition, and System Performance, as well as the targets set by City Utilities for Transit Safety.
Safety Targets
Performance Measure | Statewide Target for CY2021 |
Number of Fatalities | 871.6 |
Fatality Rate per 100 Million VMT | 1.119 |
Number of Serious Injuries | 4463.9 |
Serious Injury Rate per 100 Million VMT | 5.829 |
Number of Non-Motorized Fatalities and Serious Injuries | 462.2 |
System Condition
Performance Measure | 2017 Baseline | 2019 Statewide Target | 2021 Statewide Target |
Percentage of NHS Bridges Classified as in Good Condition | 34.0 | 30.9 | 26.4 |
Percentage of NHS Bridges Classified as in Poor Condition | 7.1 | 7.1 | 8.2 |
Percentage of Pavements of the Interstate System in Good Condition | 77.5 | N/A | 77.5 |
Percentage of Pavements of the non-Interstate NHS in Good Condition | 61.1 | 61.1 | 61.1 |
Percentage of Pavements of the Interstate System in Poor Condition | 0.1 | N/A | 0.0 |
Percentage of Pavements of the non-Interstate NHS in Poor Condition | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
System Performance
Performance Measure | 2017 Baseline | 2019 Statewide Target | 2021 Statewide Target |
Interstate Travel Time Reliability Measure: Percent of Person-Miles Traveled on the Interstate that are Reliable (NPMRDS) | 91.6 | 88.9 | 87.1 |
Non-Interstate Travel Time Reliability Measure: Percent of Person-Miles Traveled on the Non-Interstate NHS that are Reliable (NPMRDS) | 92.3 | N/A | 87.8 |
Freight Reliability Measure: Truck Travel Time Reliability (TTTR) Index (NPMRDS) | 1.25 | 1.28 | 1.45 |
Transit Safety
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 December 16, 2020. The OTO Board of Directors will review and consider approving the Targets at their December 17, 2020 Board Meeting, held at 12:00 noon via electronic means. The meeting will be broadcast via Facebook Live. 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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