Implementing the Plan

Turning Strategies into Actions

MDOT continues to make bold calls and strategic moves by implementing safety improvements, promoting environmental stewardship, and advancing alternative transportation options.

MDOT has taken action and put into play the Red Line study, the Purple Line transitway, and improvements to I-270 to name a few. As revenues grow, MDOT wants to implement the Game Changer projects and advance the policies and programs outlined in the strategies of the MTP in order to achieve effective results throughout the transportation system.

The goals and anticipated results identified in this plan are the long-term visionary outcomes for the future. MDOT will implement the strategies identified in The Playbook over the next five years in order to:

• enhance the safety and security of transportation system users,
• deliver a reliable and high-quality multimodal transportation system,
• serve our diverse communities and businesses with expanded and improved transportation options, and
• address the environmental impacts of transportation across the State.

MDOT will work across the Department to ensure strategies turn into strategic actions and advance into implementation. MDOT will continue to adjust its project selection and programming through development of the six-year fiscally constrained capital program, the Consolidated Transportation Plan, utilizing the data and measures tracked through the annual transportation system performance review, the Annual Attainment Report, to inform agencywide decision making. This implementation process will align future plans and investments across all MDOT modes with the clear goals set forward in the MTP.

Together MDOT can reach those goals and uphold its mission to be a customer-driven leader that delivers safe, sustainable, intelligent, exceptional, and inclusive transportation solutions in order to connect customers to life’s opportunities and leave no one behind.

Attainment Report

As part of Transportation Performance Management, state DOTs are required to establish performance targets for national performance measures related to safety, infrastructure condition, and system performance. Performance measures, which are aligned with the Playbook strategic direction, were developed by the ARAC and are outlined in the Annual Attainment Report on Transportation System Performance (Appendix B). We are grateful for all of the time and energy that the ARAC members put into developing thoughtful performance measures.

The Attainment Report provides information about the federal targets and identifies how this plan will help achieve those goals. The Attainment Report will be used to track progress toward the Playbook goals and evaluate the success of its implementation. MDOT utilizes these measures to guide investment decisions for the Consolidated Transportation Program and reevaluates performance in each cycle of the MTP development.

System Performance Report 

State long-range transportation plans are required to include a System Performance Report and subsequent updates evaluating the condition and performance of the transportation system with respect to the performance targets described in §450.206(c), including progress achieved by the MPO(s) in meeting the performance targets in comparison with system performance recorded in previous reports.” (23 CFR §450.216(f)). Furthermore, 23 CFR §450.206(c)(4) requires integration of transit asset management performance measures and targets as required by Title 49 CFR, Chapter 53, Public Transportation.

Appendix A: System Performance Report, focuses on national performance program measures, reflecting current conditions and targets for the respective performance period.