Federal Transit Administration Robert J. Tuccillo Associate Administrator for Budget and Policy/Chief Financial Officer Performance-Based Reauthorization AASHTO Washington Briefing 2010

Federal Transit Administration A performance-focused organization builds on a holistic approach, with all elements and activities focused on achieving result s 2 Functional vs. Customer-focused Networks Hardware Customer-focused Internal/External BPR 10-step Competencies Rewards/ Compensation Define and gauge progress toward goals Applications Infrastructure Training Culture Workforce Planning Roles/ Responsibilities Performance Management “Strategic Framework” MISSION, VISION, AND GOALS DESIRED RESULTS Focused On… People Performance Measures Organizational Structure Processes Technology

Federal Transit Administration DOT Strategic Planning 3

Federal Transit Administration 4 Lagging Indicators Performance measures representing consequences of previous actions End of period results Consolidated Financial Statements

Federal Transit Administration Quarterly Progress Reports 5

Federal Transit Administration 6 Finance & Performance …

Federal Transit Administration Special Analysis 7

Federal Transit Administration Transit Fatalities Over Time 8

Federal Transit Administration Progress in Meeting ADA 9

Federal Transit Administration 10 Leading Indicators Leading indicator: –Insight/warning into future event –Take action to achieve outcome or avoid unwanted outcome Key advantages: –Manage against potential future outcomes (don’t wait to fail) –Be proactive not reactive to emerging trends ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE A low-fuel warning light on a car dashboard

Federal Transit Administration Trend Analysis 11 Industry conditions and sources of funding Economic modeling 20 years into the future to define investment options Industry Outlook & Needs Forecast

Federal Transit Administration Predicting the Future of Transit Assets 12 30% of vehicles past design life by 2016

Federal Transit Administration National Transit Database (665 Agencies – 388 data elements ) Institutional Description (29 questions)Institutional Description (29 questions) Revenues (52 questions)Revenues (52 questions) Expenditures (91 questions)Expenditures (91 questions) Capital Assets (64 questions)Capital Assets (64 questions) Transit Service (93 questions)Transit Service (93 questions) Route Segment (16 questions)Route Segment (16 questions) Resource Consumption (43 questions)Resource Consumption (43 questions) Safety & Security (all major and minor incidents)Safety & Security (all major and minor incidents) 13

Federal Transit Administration AGA Report on Performance Based Management FTA and US Coast Guard Featured Pilot Agencies in Report FTA Results: –Clearer vision of how to tie financial information to performance metrics –Better display of the relationship between outputs and the growing demand for transit services –Potential to provide FTA with better indicators on when organizational processes need to be improved –More robust integrated decision- making

Federal Transit Administration 15 Performance Based Management Allocate Funding to Societal Outcomes Grants & local match Grant delivery and oversight Replace & rehabilitate assets Transit assets provide safe and efficient service More people use transit Input Processes/ Activities Outputs Intermediate Results Outcomes Program Evaluation

Federal Transit Administration 16 Improve Transparency with Citizen Centric Report