Closing the Loop: Post-Implementation Evaluation of Transportation Projects
State departments of transportation (DOTs) and metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) have long worked toward implementing performance-based planning and programming (PBPP). These practices became more robust after federal requirements for performance reporting was first introduced in the 2012 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act. While many state DOTs and MPOs are fairly advanced in their application of performance-based planning, agencies seek to understand how to perform project evaluation of fully completed and operational transportation projects, i.e., post-implementation projects. Evaluating the performance of projects after they are implemented against the project’s strategic goals and objectives provides a feedback loop that informs future project selection, funding, development, and implementation. Post-implementation evaluation results are also useful for communicating to the public and decision-makers about projects. Research is needed to provide informative, practical direction to agencies on how to design and apply post-implementation project evaluation. The objective of this research is to develop a guide and toolkit for the post-implementation evaluation of projects and programs. The guide should include frameworks for process and analysis, flowcharts, and decision tools that will facilitate the post-implementation evaluation. The guide and toolkit should be easily implemented, using self-assessments, checklists, and other tools applicable to projects of various sizes, scopes, modes, and purposes. The final deliverables should highlight examples of effective practices through case studies or other illustrative applications of the guide and tools. The deliverables must accommodate agencies with limited experience as well as agencies that are more advanced in their evaluation practices.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $600000
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Contract Numbers:
Project 08-170
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Sponsor Organizations:
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Transportation Research Board
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC United States 20001American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
444 North Capitol Street, NW
Washington, DC United States 20001Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Project Managers:
Weeks, Jennifer
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Performing Organizations:
6937 Blenheim Court
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania United States 15208 -
Principal Investigators:
Ford, Kevin
- Start Date: 20240220
- Expected Completion Date: 20260220
- Actual Completion Date: 0
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Evaluation; Performance measurement; Project management; Transportation planning
- Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01846782
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
- Contract Numbers: Project 08-170
- Files: TRB, RIP
- Created Date: May 24 2022 7:39PM