Federal Highway Administration Fiscal Year 2003 Performance Plan

2002PDFOrganization InfoFHWA-HMC-02-001Highway transportationHighway planningStrategic planningTransportation policyResearchAnnual reportsFederal government agenciesMeasures of effectivenessFederal Highway AdministrationInitiativesNational Highway System (NHS)United StatesUnited States. Federal Highway AdministrationUnited States. Federal Highway AdministrationNTL-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATIONNTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-PLANNING AND POLICYNTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-Travel DemandNTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-Technology TransferNTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-Plans and Policy StatementsFederal Highway AdministrationThe Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) priority initiatives for Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 are presented in this performance plan. The annual FHWA performance plan and report supports the new vision, mission, and roles of the FHWA, and the achievement of the multi-year goals in the FHWA and Department of Transportation (USDOT) strategic plans. Addressing highway improvements continues to be a cornerstone in the FHWA efforts, but the agency will focus more in the future on improvements to the entire transportation system in order to sustain the Nation's economy, security, and quality of life. This vision includes a role for other Federal, State and local agencies, public and private sector organizations, universities and research institutes working with us in a collaborative partnership. Five strategic goals - safety, mobility and productivity, environment, national security, and organizational excellence- are addressed in the FY 2003 performance plan. In FY 2003, there is an added emphasis on directly accounting for our progress in meeting the following national performance objectives. The national performance objectives are aligned to the FHWA multi-year strategic goals and objectives in this plan. Performance measures and FY 2003 targets are identified for each national objective. This information is summarized for the goals in the FY 2003 Performance Plan in Attachment A. A description of the national strategies to be adopted in order to achieve these national objectives is provided. The strategies that support the achievement of the Vital Few are also highlighted in the discussion under each strategic goal. A comparison between the national goals and objectives in the FY 2002 and FY 2003 Performance Plans is provided as Attachment B. The changes in the plan framework, when compared to previous years, reflect an important reorientation that will allow us to better align and account for our work. More detailed information about the performance measures, including the sources of data and methods of analysis, is provided in Attachment C. From the introduction of the HTML version of the FY 2003 Performance Plan is a link to the Plan in PDF format (65 p.; 935kb) at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/reports/2003plan/fy03fhwaplan.pdf. Tables, figures, 3 attachments.74