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Effective Performance Management by Transportation Agencies Implementation Plan Benchmarking and Comparative Measurement 144 Implementation Plan The research team has identified several practical implementation strategies that will help ensure this projectâs results get applied in the transportation community. Partnering with AASHTO by going âliveâ with the prototype Comparative Benchmarking Platform on the TPM Portal. The project team has already begun the process of coordinating with AASHTO to push the prototype data comparison website developed for this projectâthe Transportation Comparative Benchmarking Platformâout to the wider transportation community. Originally housed on an internal private server, the platform now resides on AASHTOâs TPM portal, which serves as a leading source of performance management information for state DOTs and their partners. By having the platform here, the team hopes to reach a greater number of AASHTOâs membership. Adding data categories to the Comparative Benchmarking Platform The project teamâs prototype included data for several performance areas including bridge condition, fatalities, and gasoline usage. As data become available from the FHWA on the results of other national performance measuresâ including serious injuries, pavement condition, congestion, reliability, freight movement, and air qualityâthe team hopes that this can also be incorporated into the Platform. In addition, results from other benchmarking initiatives could easily be added by benchmarking participants, as well as other national data sources less familiar to this research team that other practitioners are interested in using on the platform. Marketing to the transportation community Members of the project team have begun to market the project results at conferences and committee gatherings. The functionality and uses of the digital platform have been presented at AASHTO events and the TRB performance measurement committee (ABC30) meeting, and plans are underway to submit the overall project results for inclusion in the performance measurement committeeâs TRB annual conference presentations. A TRB- sponsored webinar on the projectâs results could also be a helpful way to market the project. New benchmarking networks Perhaps the best way for this research to be put into practice would be to support additional benchmarking initiatives among transportation practitioners that follow the guidelines developed as part of this report by creating and facilitating benchmarking networks in new performance areas that would most benefit from practice exchanges and discussion. Some ideas for measures areas include sustainability, engagement, equity, letting procedures/outcomes, and investment outcomes. Discussion is underway among panel members to seek out NCHRP 20-44 (Moving Research into Practice) implementation funds to support this effort. 1 2 4 3
