Create a Performance Management 'Blue Book'

Transportation performance management (TPM) is a strategic approach that uses system performance data to guide decision-making and optimize the planning, operation, and maintenance of transportation networks. As states, regions, and local governments increasingly face challenges like budget constraints, aging infrastructure, population growth, and the need for sustainability, effective performance management (PM) becomes essential in ensuring that transportation investments deliver maximum value. Federal legislation has established a national framework for performance-based transportation management. These mandates have encouraged state departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations to adopt a performance-driven approach to managing transportation assets, reducing congestion, improving safety, and advancing environmental sustainability. Research is needed to develop a resource that will standardize and document practices, metrics, methodologies, and case studies to help transportation agencies effectively implement TPM frameworks. This TPM “Blue Book” will serve as a critical resource for state and local transportation agencies to benchmark their PM efforts, identify gaps, and integrate PM into long-term planning and investment strategies. The objective of this research is to create a guide that standardizes effective practices, performance metrics, and methodologies for transportation agencies in the United States. The Blue Book will offer actionable guidelines to implement TPM frameworks effectively, aiding agencies in data-driven decision-making, resource optimization, and alignment with federal mandates. By addressing challenges like data management and funding limitations, the TPM Blue Book aspires to build more sustainable, efficient, and safe transportation systems.

• Record URL:
  • http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=6080
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract to a Performing Organization has not yet been awarded.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Proposed
• Funding: $500,000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 23-64

• Sponsor Organizations:

  State Departments of Transportation (participating member states of American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO))

  American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Project Managers:

  Jared, David

• Start Date: 20260608
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Implementation; Performance measurement; State departments of transportation; Transportation planning
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01992202
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 23-64
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: Jun 9 2026 5:31PM