Performance Measures

NCTCOG actively monitors the performance of the region’s transportation system. Many of these observations are adopted as formal performance measures that are used to tell the story of how the region’s transportation system is performing relative to the agency’s goals and objectives. Performance measurement is an area of rapid development for the Transportation department as it strives to improve its performance-based planning process.
 
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Ongoing Performance Measurement Activities

Federal Performance Measures

Federal transportation rulemaking requires that Metropolitan Planning Organizations such as NCTCOG monitor and set targets for a specific array of measures. As appropriate, targets for North Central Texas have been adopted by the Regional Transportation Council (RTC), and they are being incorporated into NCTCOG’s transportation planning processes.  

 

Performance in Mobility Plans

Performance of the transportation system is a key component of the decision-making process in NCTCOG’s current long-range metropolitan transportation plan, Mobility 2045 Update. It includes a discussion of the transportation system’s performance in the Regional Performance chapter that incorporates:
  • The latest required Federal performance measures
  • A performance-based project selection process
  • A new suite of performance measures responding to the plan's goals
Selected modeled roadway performance data is also available through the Roadway Performance mapping application. Subsequent updates and new plans will further strengthen this component of the long-range planning process.

 

Performance in the Transportation Improvement Program

Much like Mobility 2045 Update, the 2025-2028 Transporation Improvement Program (TIP) contains a robust discussion of performance measurement and the impact that it has on the projects the TIP selects for funding in its Regional Performance chapter.

 

Progress North Texas

Progress North Texas is an annual report, published in the spring, summarizing transportation system performance, recent accomplishments, and next steps for transportation plans, policies, programs, and projects.  

 

Congestion Management Process

The Congestion Management Process (CMP) aggregates key performance data for freeway/tollway corridors in North Central Texas, which helps to identify strategies for improving and managing traffic congestion. NCTCOG's CMP has undergone recent improvements that make it a more dynamic and data-driven process.

 

Transportation Safety Program

As part of its Transportation Safety Program, NCTCOG actively monitors crash data from the TxDOT Crash Records Information System (CRIS). Selected data is aggregated and published in a series of annual fact sheets. In recent years, these reports have been modified to include the required federal safety performance measures.

 

Transportation Usage Measures

NCTCOG monitors the price of fuel and the impact it has on various aspects of the region’s transportation system.

 

Changing Mobility: Data, Insights, and Delivering Innovative Projects During COVID Recovery

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted the region's transportation system and the economic activity that supports its maintenance and expansion. NCTCOG's Transportation Department actively monitored these impacts, assessed potential implications for transportation planning, and prioritized projects as needed to support the region.