| Folios |
| Title |
Description |
Date |
File Type |
File Size |
| Doug's Accountability Legacy |
An overview of the tensure of Secretary Doug MacDonald and his work on accountability and performance measurement at WSDOT from 2001-2007. Includes quotes from state media. |
July 2007 |
PDF |
1.0 MB |
| Performance Measurement at WSDOT |
Details the history and development of performance measurement reporting, including the Gray Notebook. Includes comments from legislators and other transportation officials and examples of the 'performance journalism' style used in the Gray Notebook. |
May 2007 |
PDF |
1.0 MB |
| Low Cost, High Benefit Congestion Relief from Better Highway Management |
Policy brief on engineering, design, and program efforts to mitigate congestion. Many efforts were developed from, or alongside existing congestion performance measurement work. |
February 2007 |
PDF |
787 KB |
| The PRICE is Right! |
An information handout for the 2007 annual Transportation Research Board (TRB) Conference that explains the Doug MacDonald Challenge and how it relates to polciy and program efforts to regulate traffic flows in Washington |
January 2007 |
PDF |
455 KB |
| WSDOT's Congestion Measurement Approach: Evaluating System Performance |
A folio covering the measurment and management techniques used to evaluate the Washington State transportation system(s) in order to look for sysem improvements and refinements on a continual basis. |
August 2007 |
PDF |
2.2 MB |
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| Presentations |
| Title |
Description |
Date |
File Type |
File Size |
| Effective Communication of Performance Measures |
Overview of the "Good Graphing" techniques employed at WSDOT for effective performance reporting |
September 2007 |
PDF |
1.3 MB |
| Communicating Maximum Throughput: The Doug MacDonald Challenge |
Details the national competition sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences and Fmr. Secretary MacDonald on how best to illustrate Throughput Maximization to the public. |
September 2007 |
PDF |
1.9 MB |
| Operations Academny Senior Management Program: Effective Performance Assessment and Communication |
Professional development presentation that outlines performance measurement and reporting related to strategic planning and programming efforts of DOT agencies. |
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| Module I |
Performance Measurement and Performance Communication |
March 2007 |
PDF |
1.6 MB |
| Module II |
Conditions for Mobility Measures |
March 2007 |
PDF |
4.0 MB |
| Module III |
Measuring Safety |
March 2007 |
PDF |
411 KB |
| Module IV |
Data Collection, Source, Quality Control, and Analysis Techniques |
March 2007 |
PDF |
451 KB |
| Highway Congestion: What is to be Done? |
Presentation by Secreatary MacDonald to the Washington State Senate Transportation Committee |
January 2006 |
PDF |
977 KB |
| Performance Based Management in Washington State |
Presentation made before a US-Japan Internationaly Workshop to discuss WSDOT Performance Measurment and similarities and differences with Japanese transportation performance measurement. |
November 2005 |
PDF |
2.6 MB |
| Performance Management & Reporting at the Washington State Department of Transportation |
Presentation made before the 2007 Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C on WSDOT's performance reporting and measurement techniques. |
January 2007 |
PDF |
696 KB |
| Introducing the Hood Canal Bridge Rehabilitation Project and the Port Angeles Graving Dock Program |
Presentation made by Secretary MacDonald before the Transportation Performance Audit Board on the Hood Canal Bridge/Port Angeles Graving Dock projects |
March 2005 |
PDF |
3.7 MB |
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| Reports & Papers |
| Title |
Description |
Date |
File Type |
File Size |
| A Primer on Performance-Based Highway Program Management |
A AASHTO paper that highlights state DOT's noted for their use of performance measurement. WSDOT is included in this paper |
January 2008 |
PDF |
2.2 MB |
| Report on Performance-Based Federal-Aid Highway Program |
A AASHTO paper that highlights state DOT's noted for their use of performance measurement in support of the re-authorization of SAFETEA-LU by Congress. WSDOT is included in this paper |
September 2007 |
PDF |
680 KB |
| Bridging the Gap Between Agencies and Citizens: Performance Journalism Offers A Practical Solution to Communicate Performance Results |
A WSDOT paper that analyzes the style of reporting known as 'Performance Journalism' used in the agency's quarterly Gray Notebook publication and other accountability documents |
July 2007 |
PDF |
1.0 MB |
| Maximizing Highway System Capacity: Measuring and Communicating System Performance in an Evolving Field |
A WSDOT paper that details the relation between measuring congestion conditions and trends with real-time, accurate data, and communicating information to the public |
July 2007 |
PDF |
1.1 MB |
| Making the Case for Funding: The WSDOT Experience |
A WSDOT paper that details the communications and accountability efforts that helped to secure additional legislative funding for project delivery |
July 2007 |
PDF |
184 KB |
| Comprehensive Transportation Asset Management: The Washington State Experience |
A case study prepared in colloboration with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) that profiles WSDOT's performance management as it relates to assets such as bridges, pavement, and ferries. |
April 2007 |
PDF |
4.4 MB |
| Emerging Performance Measurement Responses to Changing Political Pressures at State DOT's: A Practitioners' Perspective. |
A WSDOT paper that details the effects political actions have on performance measurement on transportation agencies over the last decade, including WSDOT. |
November
2004 |
PDF |
261 KB |
| WSDOT Agressively Leverages Transportation Operations Measures |
A 'White Paper' prepared by the ITS Cooperative Deployment Network on the efforts of WSDOT to assess agency performance related to program and project delivery. |
July 2004 |
PDF |
31 KB |
| Measuring Congestion: Learning from Operational Data |
A WSDOT paper submitted to the Transportation Research Board (TRB) that discusses efforts by WSDOT to measures the performance of congestion on Washington state highways. |
March 2004 |
PDF |
532 KB |
| Gray Notebook Supplemental Information |
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Description |
Date |
File Type |
File Size |
| Highway Safety Projects - Before and After Study Update, Fourth Quarter, 2007 |
Excerpt from the December 31, 2007 edition of the Gray Notebook on Before and After study results on 49 safety enhancement projects in Washington State. |
February 2007 |
PDF |
115 KB |
| Highway Safety Projects - Before and After Study Update Second Quarter, 2007 |
Excerpt from the June 30, 2007 edition of the Gray Notebook on Before and After study results on 47 safety enhancement projects in Washington State. |
August 2007 |
PDF |
20 KB |
| Highway Safety Projects - Before and After Study Update Fourth Quarter, 2005 |
Excerpt from the December 31, 2005 edition of the Gray Notebook on Cable Median Barrier Performance in Washington State. |
February 2006 |
PDF |
47 KB |