Survey of State Departments of Transportation

Q41. (If "Yes" to 40) Does your state DOT have plans to measure, or has the state DOT already measured, the extent to which Recovery Act funding has improved performance in any of the following measures?

  Yes, we have already measured Recovery Act improvements on this Yes, we plan to measure Recovery Act improvements on this No, we have no plans to measure Recovery Act improvements on this Not applicable Don't know Number
of respondents
a. Road surface or pavement conditions (e.g., international roughness index) 9 17 4 1 2 33
b. Bridge conditions (e.g., numbers or percentages of structurally deficient bridges in state) 4 21 5 1 2 33
c. Vehicle congestion levels (e.g., travel times, delays, vehicle throughput) 0 7 17 6 2 32
d. Transit congestion levels (e.g., travel times, delays, person throughput, capacity) 0 2 21 5 4 32
e. Truck freight mobility (e.g., truck freight trips, volume of goods) 0 3 21 6 2 32
f. Rail freight mobility (e.g., rail freight trips, volume of goods) 1 1 21 5 4 32
g. Intermodal connectivity of state transportation network (e.g., increased accessibility, numbers and types of intermodal connections) 0 2 21 6 3 32
h. Progress made implementing long-range statewide transportation plan (e.g., number or percentage of projects from long-range plan advancing to the STIP) 1 6 15 7 3 32
i. Progress made implementing the STIP (e.g., STIP funds obligated; number or percentage of projects from the STIP advancing to construction) 7 12 9 2 2 32
j. Timeliness of project delivery (e.g., average time required to complete projects, or number or percentage of projects completed on schedule) 10 10 8 1 3 32
k. Project costs (e.g., number or percentage of projects completed within budget) 12 12 4 1 3 32
l. Safety measures (e.g., numbers of hazards, crashes, or fatalities) 2 13 11 4 2 32
m. Surface transportation-related emissions or energy consumption 1 1 19 8 3 32
n. Progress made by state in meeting transportation goals established in long-range plan 4 5 14 6 3 32
o. Other 0 0 3 3 2 8