TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH Number E-C263 April 2020 Conference on Performance and Data in Transportation Decision Making September 15–18, 2019 Atlanta, GA TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD 2020 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OFFICERS Chair: Carlos M. Braceras, Executive Director, Utah Department of Transportation, Salt Lake City Vice Chair: Susan A. Shaheen, Adjunct Professor, Co-Director, Transportation Sustainability Research Center, University of California, Berkeley Division Chair for NRC Oversight: Chris Hendrickson, Hamerschlag University Professor Emeritus, Carnegie Mellon University Executive Director: Neil J. Pedersen, Transportation Research Board TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD 2019–2020 TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES COUNCIL Chair: Hyun-A C. Park, President, Spy Pond Partners, LLC, Arlington, Massachusetts Technical Activities Director: Ann M. Brach, Transportation Research Board David Ballard, Senior Economist, Gellman Research Associates, Inc., Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, Aviation Group Chair Richard Bornhorst, Principal, FACTOR, Inc., Silver Spring, Maryland, Freight Systems Group Chair Michael Griffith, Director, Office of Safety Technologies, Federal Highway Administration, Safety and System Users Group Chair George Avery Grimes, CEO Advisor, Patriot Rail Company, Denver, Colorado, Rail Group Chair Brendon Hemily, Principal, Hemily and Associates, Toronto, Ontario, Public Transportation Group Chair Nikola Ivanov, Deputy Director, Center for Advanced Transportation Technology Laboratory, University of Maryland, College Park, Young Members Council Chair C. James Kruse, Director, Center for Ports and Waterways, Houston, Texas, Marine Group Chair Mark Reno, Principal Engineer, Quincy Engineering, Inc., Rancho Cordova, California, Design and Construction Group Chair Elizabeth Rushley, Lawhon & Associates, Inc., Columbus, Ohio, Planning and Environment Group Chair Joseph Schofer, Professor and Associate Dean of Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, Policy and Organization Group Chair William Varnedoe, Principal, The Kercher Group, Raleigh, North Carolina, Operations and Preservation Group Chair Fred R. Wagner, Partner, Venable, LLP, Washington, D. C., Legal Resources Group Chair TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH CIRCULAR E-C263 Conference on Performance and Data in Transportation Decision Making September 15–18, 2019 Omni Hotel at CNN Center Atlanta, Georgia Organized by Transportation Research Board Sponsored by American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (AMPO) Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Washington, D.C. www.TRB.org i TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH CIRCULAR E-C263 ISSN 0097-8515 The Transportation Research Board is one of seven major programs of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The mission of the Transportation Research Board is to provide leadership in transportation improvements and innovation through trusted, timely, impartial, and evidence-based information exchange, research, and advice regarding all modes of transportation The Transportation Research Board is distributing this E-Circular to make the information contained herein available for use by individual practitioners in state and local transportation agencies, researchers in academic institutions, and other members of the transportation research community. The information in this E-Circular was taken directly from the submission of the authors. This document is not a report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Planning Committee Robert Hazlett, Maricopa Association of Governments, Co-Chair David Wasserman, North Carolina Department of Transportation, Co-Chair Claudia Bilotto, WSP Jerri Bohard, Oregon Department of Transportation Matthew Carpenter, Sacramento Area Council of Governments Matthew Hardy, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Patricia Hendron, I-95 Corridor Coalition Jordan Holt, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Bill Keyrouze, Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations Harlan Miller, Federal Highway Administration James Mitchell, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development Jon Schermann, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Joseph Schofer, Northwestern University Tracy Selin, Cambridge Systematics Hannah Twaddell, ICF Amy Van Doren, Marin Transit Dwayne Weeks, Federal Transit Administration Penelope Weinberger, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Rapporteur Catherine T. Lawson, University at Albany, SUNY TRB Staff Jennifer Libby Weeks, Senior Program Officer for Planning and Travel Analysis Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Washington, D.C. www.TRB.org ii Preface On September 15–18, 2019, more than 350 professional transportation planners, consultants, industry experts, and academic researchers, from 42 states and three countries, participated in the Conference on Performance and Data in Transportation Decision Making, in Atlanta, Georgia. Robert Hazlett, Senior Engineer with Maricopa Association of Governments, chaired the planning committee for this conference with assistance from Debra Miller, former Secretary of Transportation for the state of Kansas. The planning committee members were solely responsible for organizing the conference, identifying the themes, preparing the call for abstracts, reviewing the submitted abstracts, and developing the sessions. Catherine T. Lawson, Associate Professor at the University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY), served as the conference rapporteur and prepared this E-Circular of what occurred at the conference. The four themes of the conference included: multimodal planning; performance and data; programming and investment prioritization; and communications and stakeholder engagement. The multimodal planning sessions focused on how data and performance measures are affecting the development of transportation plans (e.g., investment decisions, tools for monitoring performance measures and decision-making, processes, and the expanding effectiveness of transit as shared mobility and automated transportation modes evolve). The performance and data sessions explored collaborative processes for employing data throughout the planning processes, including private data, business intelligence (BI), and data governance (DG). The programming and investment prioritization sessions examined trends in project selection, focusing on mode-neutrality, current evaluation techniques, and political realities. The communications and stakeholder engagement sessions highlighted the effectiveness of tools, including dashboards and other methods developed to foster involvement of elected officials at state and local levels. Plenary panel members provided perspectives at the regional, state, and local levels, including how data is changing the structure and staff roles in public agencies. The poster session featured recently completed research. Keynote speakers highlighted how data is changing public agencies and private corporations. In addition to the formal sessions, this summary includes audience questions, presenter responses, and reflections. Presentations and audience participation varied in length and depth, based on the interactions among audience members, panelists, presenters, and moderators. In addition, some of the topic areas (e.g., SMART SCALE) are featured in several sessions. Any mention of proprietary products is for descriptive purposes only and should not be taken as an endorsement by TRB. A copy of the program with links to the presentations is available at http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/Conferences/2019/PerformanceData/program.pdf. Special thanks to American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and the Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (AMPO) for their leadership and sponsorship of the conference. The views expressed in this summary are those of individual conference participants and do not necessarily represent the views of all conference participants, the planning committee, or the Transportation Research Board. This publication was not subject to the formal TRB peer review process. iii Contents Chapter 1 Welcome and Plenary Session ..................................................................................................... 1 WHAT PERFORMANCE-BASED DECISION-MAKING LOOKS LIKE FROM STATE, REGIONAL AND LOCAL LEADERS ................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 2 Multimodal Planning .................................................................................................................... 7 SESSION 1A: STATE AND MPO TRANSPORTATION PLANS—HOW AGENCIES ARE USING DATA TO SHARE INVESTMENT DECISIONS ................................................................................... 7 IDOT ANALYZING FREIGHT FLOWS AND TRENDS TO IMPROVE FREIGHT INVESTMENTS ........................................................................................ 7 Holly Ostdick and Michael Vanderhoof GUIDE TOWARDS ZERO DEATHS—ANALYZE DATA AND SELECT STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS SAFETY ISSUES .............................................................................................................. 9 Eric Tang PLANNING FOR AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE ................................................................................ 10 Matt Haubrich WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? PREPARING A PLATFORM FOR SUCCESS ..................