SAFETY PERFORMANCE
Performance Measures and Targets
PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND TARGETS
The Corpus Christi MPO is required to use a performance-based system in the planning and programming process. As a part of this system, the Transportation Policy Committee adopts performance targets for key performance measures developed in collaboration with local, state, and federal partners. These targets are summarized and outlined annually in the System Performance Report.
SYSTEM PERFORMANCE REPORTFEDERAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES
Effective April 14, 2016, the Federal Highway Administration established five highway safety performance measures (23 CFR Part 490, Subpart B) to carry out the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP). The HSIP is a federal-aid funding program intended to achieve a significant reduction in traffic fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads. The five performance measures are listed in Table 1, below.
The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) and the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act requires the state DOTs to establish performance targets for Pavement and Bridge Condition Measures (PM2) and System Performance and Freight (PM3).
TXDOT ESTABLISHED PERFORMANCE MEASURES
Safety performance targets are established annually by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for each performance measure. The Corpus Christi MPO either: 1) establishes its numerical targets for each performance measure, or 2) formally agree to support the TxDOT safety performance measures targets.
On February 6, 2025 the Corpus Christi MPO Transportation Policy Committee adopted RESOLUTION 25-02 to support TxDOT’s established statewide FY 2025 Preformance Measure Targets for Safety (PM1), Pavement and Bridge Condition (PM2) and System Preformance and Freight (PM3).
PRIOR RESOLUTIONS
MARCH 7, 2024 REVISED RESOLUTION 24-02 PM1
APRIL 6, 2023 - RESOLUTION 23-04 PM2 & PM3
FEBRAURY 2, 2023 - RESOLUTION 23-03 PM1
JANUARY 6, 2023 - RESOLUTION 22-02 PM1
TABLE 1. SAFETY PM1
| Performance Measure | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2024 As 5-Year Avg |
2025 TxDOT Target |
| Number of Fatalities | 3,874 | 4,486 | 3,272 | 3,159 | 3,046 | 3,567 | 3,046 |
| Rate of Fatalities per 100 million VMT | 1.49 | 1.70 | 1.25 | 1.20 | 1.14 | 1.36 | 1.14 |
| Number of Serious Injuries | 14,659 | 19,434 | 17,539 | 17,819 | 18,242 | 18,096 | 17,062 |
| Rate of Serious Injuries per 100 million VMT | 5.63 | 7.35 | 6.70 | 6.77 | 6.77 | 6.64 | 6.39 |
| Number of Non-Motorized Fatalities and Serious Injuries | 2,206 | 2,628 | 2,321 | 2,340 | 2,360 | 2,371 | 2,357 |
TABLE 2. PAVEMENT AND BRIDGE CONDITION PM2
| Federal Performance Measure | Baseline | 2-Year Condition/ Performance |
2-Year Target | 4-Year Target | 4-Year Adjustment |
| Percentage of Pavements of the Interstate System in Good Condition | 64.5% | 65.6% | 63.9% | 63.6% | --- |
| Percentage of Pavements of the Interstate System in Poor Condition | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | --- |
| Percentage of Pavements of the Non-Interstate NHS in Good Condition | 51.7% | 51.3% | 45.5% | 46.0% | --- |
| Percentage of Pavements of the Non-Interstate NHS Poor Condition | 1.3% | 1.7% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 2.2% |
| Percentage of NHS Bridges Classified as in Good Condition | 49.2% | 48.9% | 48.5% | 47.6% | --- |
| Percentage of NHS Bridges Classified as in Poor Condition | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.5% | 1.5% | --- |
TABLE 3. SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AND FREIGHT PM3
| Federal Performance Measure | Baseline | 2-Year Condition/ Performance |
2-Year Target |
4-Year Target |
4-Year Adjustment |
| Percent of the Person-Miles Traveled on the Interstate That Are Reliable | 84.6% | 80.1% | 70.0% | 70.0% | --- |
| Percent of the Person-Miles Traveled on the Non-Interstate NHS That Are Reliable | 90.3% | 86.1% | 70.0% | 70.0% | --- |
| Truck Travel Time Reliability (TTTR) Index | 1.39 | 1.42 | 1.55 | 1.55 | --- |
TRANSIT PERFORMANCE MEASURES
Safety performance targets are established annually by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for each performance measure. The Corpus Christi MPO either: 1) establishes its numerical targets for each performance measure, or 2) formally agree to support the TxDOT safety performance measures targets.
On February 6, 2025 the Corpus Christi MPO Transportation Policy Committee adopted RESOLUTION 25-04, preformance measures and targets as referenced within the Transit Asset Management (TAM) and Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP).