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2020 saw the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and a social movement highlighting racial injustice. As individuals and agencies dealt with the many challenges and adjustments of this time, many of the issues central to transportation also changed. This addendum to the Critical Issues in Transportation 2019 explores the short- and long-term impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on transportation in each of the areas defined in the original report.

The dashboard presents 15 performance measures in the areas of Inclusion, Practical Solutions, and Workforce Development. All of the performance measures support the WSDOT strategic plan. For each performance measure, the dashboard contains information on how successful WSDOT was in achieving their established goal, how it is measured, some background information, and visualizations of their progress over time. The WSDOT dashboard is also notable for its incorporation of diversity, equity, and inclusion metrics as well as workforce development goals.

The VDOT performance dashboard presents with a quick glance the status of five key performance indicators: road clearance times (operations), structure & pavement condition, annual highway deaths (safety), on-time project delivery (projects), and finance. By navigating through the site, users can uncover more details about each of these KPIs including historic trends, maps, per-district breakdowns, downloadable data, and much more.

The Michigan DOT Transportation Asset Management Council (TAMC) Dashboard features performance metrics in the categories of bridge, pavement, culverts, traffic, safety, maintenance, and finance. For each area, they display a set of graphs indicating the relevant data (such as condition, trends, forecasts, and breakdown by geographic area).

The Missouri DOT performance tracking dashboard contains plentiful information on their selected measures divided into three areas: safety, service, and stability. The tracker is updated each quarter and has data going back to 2005. The dashboard provides a wealth of information on numerous metrics in each category including clean visualizations, a write up of the measure, its purpose, and how data is collected.

Idaho Transportation Department presents 11 selected performance measures to provide insight into the condition of the public assets. Their measures are:

• Five Year Fatality Rate per 100 Million Vehicle Miles
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Percent of Time Highways Clear of Snow/Ice During Winter Storms
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Percent of Pavement in Good or Fair Condition
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Percent of Bridges in Good Condition
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Percent of Highway Project Designs Completed On or Ahead of Time
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Final Construction Cost as a Percent of Contract Award
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Construction Cost at Award as a Percent of Budget
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Days to Process Vehicle Titles
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DMV Transactions Processed on the Internet (in thousands)

On the dashboard homepage, users can easily see the current progress ITD has made on their selected performance measures. After clicking on any of the measures, they can view more information on the measure (including how and why it is measured) and trends over time.

Oklahoma DOT's interactive, GIS-based dashbaord displays their performance measures supporting MAP-21. The website identifies historic trends, includes maps overlaid with data, and tracks the current measures as they relate to ODOT's goals.

This TCRP Synthesis report presents an analysis of the current practices in rail asset management from the industry at large. The findings are based on the results of a survey of 28 heavy- and light-rail transit agencies across the US and three selected case studies. Specifically, this study looks at the rate of occurrence of rail defects, broken rails, and broken rail derailments and how that corresponds to the use of ultrasonic testing by agencies of different sizes and levels of transit system use.

The Fall 2020 issue of the TPM Newsletter is focused on COVID-19: TPM Impacts, and features the following articles and content:

• Welcome from the AASHTO CPBM Chair
• Reliability Target Setting Under Uncertainty
• PIARC T.C. 1.1 - Performance of Transport Administrations
• Global Insights: Learning from a Global Pandemic
• COVID-19 Survey Results
• Iowa DOT Works to Stabilize, Recover and Grow in Response to COVID-19
• Featured COVID-19 Resources
• Spotlight TPM Portal Resources
• Save the Date

The Pavement Management & Performance program provides technical support to pavement managers, it participates in national policy discussions, and it studies emerging methods and technologies for collecting pavement data. Their homepage on FHWA's website contains a wealth of resources, including a series of quarterly pavement webinars and other publications. Explore the page for any resources that may be useful for improving pavement management.