Passed by Congress in 2012, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) requires all Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) and State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) to develop a performance-based transportation planning and programming approach. The requirements for a performance-based approach have been continued under the current transportation funding law, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) of 2021.
In California, Caltrans is directly responsible for submitting statewide performance targets and periodic progress reports to federal agencies. MPOs are required to establish targets for the same performance measures for their respective metropolitan planning areas within 180 days after the state establishes each target. MPOs may elect to support the statewide targets, establish alternative quantitative targets specific to their region, or use a combination of both approaches. Furthermore, each MPO must incorporate these short-range performance targets into their planning and programming processes, including the regional transportation plan (RTP) and FTIP.
This process of establishing and tracking performance measures is referred to as Transportation Performance Management (TPM). As the dedicated MPO for the Tulare County region, TCAG is tasked with setting performance targets for the following areas: Roadway Safety, Pavement & Bridge Condition, National Highway System (NHS) Reliability, Interstate Freight Reliability, Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ), Transit Asset Management and Transit Safety.
When establishing safety performance targets, MPOs may support the state’s targets, or establish their own quantifiable target for the metropolitan planning area. States establish Safety targets and report them for the upcoming calendar year in their HSIP Annual Report that is due August 31 each year. MPOs must establish Safety targets within 180 days of the State establishing and reporting its Annual HSIP Report, no later than February 27 of each year. TCAG has agreed to support the Statewide 2024 Safety Performance Targets as shown in the table below:
| Performance Measure | Data Source | 5-Year Rolling Average Target | Percent Reduction Target |
| Number of motor vehicle collision fatalities | FARS | 4,080.6 | -2.84% |
| Rate of motor vehicle collision fatalities (per 100 million VMT) | FARS & HPMS | 1.300 | -4.61% |
| Number of motor vehicle collision serious injuries | SWITRS | 16,628.1 | -3.69% |
| Rate of motor vehicle collision serious injuries (per 100 million VMT) | SWITRS & HMPS | 4.918 | -3.69% |
| Number of non-motorized fatalities and serious injuries | FARS & SWITRS | 4,380.5 | -2.84% for Fatalities and -3.69% for Serious Injuries |
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Glossary of Terms VMT-Vehicle Miles Traveled FARS - Fatality Analysis Reporting System HPMS - Highway Performance Monitoring System SWITRS - Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System |
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Pavement Condition Performance Management regulations supports the implementation of the National Highway Performance Program (NHPP) and requires State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) and Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) to establish pavement condition targets for four performance measures. States must establish two- and four-year pavement condition performance targets for both the Interstate system and the non-Interstate National Highway System (NHS) every four years. Once the state informs the MPO it has set its performance targets, MPOs have 180 days to either set their own quantifiable four-year targets for the metropolitan planning area or support the state’s established four-year targets.
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Pavement and Bridge Performance Measures |
2-Year NHS Targets (1/1/2022 – 12/31/2023) |
4-Year NHS Targets (1/1/2022-12/31/2025) |
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Good |
Poor |
Good |
Poor |
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Pavements on the NHS |
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Interstate |
47.2% |
1.9% |
49.2% |
1.7% |
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Non-Interstate |
21.7% |
10.5% |
28.2% |
9.0% |
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Bridges on the NHS |
49.1% |
5.9% |
47.3% |
4.4% |
In addition to safety and asset management, system reliability and mobility is also a major area of concern. A properly functioning and well-maintained streets and highways system is critical for public safety and mobility, emergency responders, law enforcement, the trucking industry and for farm-to-market purposes. Job creation also benefits from a well-functioning and reliable transportation system. TCAG has a track record of working cooperatively with member agencies to accomplish the region’s goals with respect to local streets and roads mobility and reliability.
PM3 statewide targets for the second performance period (1/1/2022 – 12/31/2025) were adopted in 2023. Two- and four-year targets were set and TCAG elected to adopt the statewide system performance/freight/CMAQ targets and agreed to plan and program projects so that they contribute toward the accomplishment of the state target for each performance measure (see targets below):
| Performance Measure | 2022 Baseline Data | 2-Year Target | 4-Year Target |
| NHS Performance | |||
| Percent of Interstate System mileage reporting reliable person-mile travel times | 73.80% | 74.3% (+0.5%) | 74.8% (+1%) |
| Percent of non-Interstate NHS mileage reporting reliable person-mile travel times | 83.70% | 84.2% (+0.5%) | 84.7% (+1%) |
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| Percent of Interstate system mileage reporting reliable truck travel times | 1.60% | 1.60% (0.00%) | 1.60 (0.00%) |
| CMAQ Program Performance | |||
| Annual hours of peak-hour excessive delay per capita | 7.3 Hours | 7.3 Hours | 7.3 Hours |
| Total Emissions Reductions by Applicable Pollutants under the CMAQ Program | |||
| VOC (kg/day) | 2,551.00 | 2,862.00 | 5,724.00 |
| CO (kg/day) | 21,771.00 | 12,798.00 | 25,596.00 |
| NOx (kg/day) | 7,213.00 | 4,317.00 | 8,635.00 |
| PM10 (kg/day) | 3,830.00 | 2,152.00 | 4,305.00 |
| PM2.5 (kg/day) | 1,537.00 | 1,830.00 | 3,659.00 |
| Percent of non-single occupancy vehicle (SOV) travel | 22.80% | 23.80% (+1%) | 24.8% (+2%) |
The TAM targets provided below were produced collaboratively with transit agencies based on their agency TAM plans and local targets. In developing the targets, TCAG reviewed and considered the various local and regional transit operators’ TAM plans (including identified goals, objectives, measures, and targets), thereby incorporating them into the metropolitan planning process. The regional TAM targets are intended to be complementary to those established at the local level by the transit providers in the MPO planning area. The Tulare County region is currently served by three (3) transit providers - Porterville Transit, Visalia Transit, and Tulare County Regional Transit Agency
The three public transportation reporting entities provided their targets to TCAG. The TCAG regional targets are presented in tabular form to account for the differences in targets and standards among the providers of public transportation. The regional TAM targets are intended to be complementary to those established at the local level by the transit providers in the MPO planning area. Targets represent the thresholds for the maximum percentage of assets at or exceeding acceptable standards. In most cases for the target-setting process, providers set targets that were approximately equivalent to their current performance. In future years, staff will work with the providers of public transportation to collate performance.
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