23 U.S.C. § 150: National goals and performance management measures

Performance management will transform the Federal-aid highway program and provide a means to the most efficient investment of Federal transportation funds by refocusing on national transportation goals, increasing the accountability and transparency of the Federal-aid highway program, and improving project decisionmaking through performance-based planning and programming. To achieve a significant reduction in traffic fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads. To maintain the highway infrastructure asset system in a state of good repair. To achieve a significant reduction in congestion on the National Highway System. To improve the efficiency of the surface transportation system. To improve the National Highway Freight Network, strengthen the ability of rural communities to access national and international trade markets, and support regional economic development. To enhance the performance of the transportation system while protecting and enhancing the natural environment. To reduce project costs, promote jobs and the economy, and expedite the movement of people and goods by accelerating project completion through eliminating delays in the project development and delivery process, including reducing regulatory burdens and improving agencies’ work practices. Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the MAP–21, the Secretary, in consultation with State departments of transportation, metropolitan planning organizations, and other stakeholders, shall promulgate a rulemaking that establishes performance measures and standards. provide States, metropolitan planning organizations, and other stakeholders not less than 90 days to comment on any regulation proposed by the Secretary under that paragraph; take into consideration any comments relating to a proposed regulation received during that comment period; and limit performance measures only to those described in this subsection. minimum standards for States to use in developing and operating bridge and pavement management systems; the condition of pavements on the Interstate system; the condition of pavements on the National Highway System (excluding the Interstate); the condition of bridges on the National Highway System; the performance of the Interstate System; and the performance of the National Highway System (excluding the Interstate System); minimum levels for the condition of pavement on the Interstate System, only for the purposes of carrying out section 119(f)(1); and the data elements that are necessary to collect and maintain standardized data to carry out a performance-based approach. In establishing minimum condition levels under subparagraph (A)(iii), if the Secretary determines that various geographic regions of the United States experience disparate factors contributing to the condition of pavement on the Interstate System in those regions, the Secretary may establish different minimum levels for each region. serious injuries and fatalities per vehicle mile traveled; and the number of serious injuries and fatalities. traffic congestion; and on-road mobile source emissions. The Secretary shall establish measures for States to use to assess freight movement on the Interstate System. Not later than 1 year after the Secretary has promulgated the final rulemaking under subsection (c), each State shall set performance targets that reflect the measures identified in paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (6) of subsection (c). In the development and implementation of any performance target, a State may, as appropriate, provide for different performance targets for urbanized and rural areas. the condition and performance of the National Highway System in the State; the effectiveness of the investment strategy document in the State asset management plan for the National Highway System; progress in achieving performance targets identified under subsection (d); and the ways in which the State is addressing congestion at freight bottlenecks, including those identified in the national freight strategic plan, within the State. The Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration shall develop, use, and maintain data sets and data analysis tools to assist metropolitan planning organizations, States, and the Federal Highway Administration in carrying out performance management analyses (including the performance management requirements under section 150 of title 23 , United States Code). collecting and distributing vehicle probe data describing traffic on Federal-aid highways; collecting household travel behavior data to assess local and cross-jurisdictional travel, including to accommodate external and through travel; enhancing existing data collection and analysis tools to accommodate performance measures, targets, and related data, so as to better understand trip origin and destination, trip time, and mode; enhancing existing data analysis tools to improve performance predictions and travel models in reports described in section 150(e) of title 23 , United States Code; and to improve performance analysis; and to evaluate the effects of project investments on performance. From amounts authorized to carry out the Highway Research and Development Program, the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration may use up to $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 to carry out this section.”