Lubbock MPO adopts TxDOT safety performance management targets for 2025
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Summary
The Lubbock Metropolitan Planning Organization Transportation Policy Committee approved Resolution 2025-02 to adopt the Texas Department of Transportation safety performance management targets — largely carrying forward 2024 targets — to guide project selection for highway safety improvements.
The Lubbock Metropolitan Planning Organization Transportation Policy Committee approved Resolution 2025-02 on March 18, 2025, adopting the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) safety performance management targets for 2025.
The resolution directs the MPO to plan and program projects that help meet the commission’s measurable safety goals, which are calculated using five‑year rolling averages for fatalities, fatality rate per 100,000,000 vehicle miles traveled (VMT), serious injuries, serious injury rate per 100,000,000 VMT, and non‑motorized fatalities and serious injuries.
Committee staff told members the state and federal safety reporting structure — the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) and FHWA Safety Performance Management (Safety PM) framework — require MPOs to either set their own targets or adopt the commission’s. Since 2018 the Lubbock MPO has elected to follow the commission’s targets. The 2025 targets presented in the packet are the same numeric targets used in 2024, reflecting the five‑year rolling average methodology used by TxDOT and FHWA.
During discussion, members asked why the target tables list calendar year 2024 in the packet even though the committee is adopting targets for use in 2025; staff said TxDOT provided the same set of targets as last year and the paperwork retained the 2024 label. Committee members also sought clarity on whether the goal amounts mean “not to get worse”; staff confirmed the targets maintain last year’s levels and are intended to guide project selection toward reducing fatalities and serious injuries over time.
A motion to approve Resolution 2025‑02 was made by Mr. Atkinson and seconded by Commissioner Dolby. The committee voted in favor with no recorded opposition and the motion carried.
The approval directs MPO staff to use the commission targets when programming projects for federal funding consideration and signals the MPO will prioritize projects that the HSIP and Safety PM framework evaluate as contributing to those rolling five‑year averages.
Resolution text and the target tables are in the meeting backup (Exhibit A, pages 19–20). The packet notes TxDOT and FHWA are discussing target calculation refinements and will notify MPOs if recalculation is required.