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OTC approves revised performance measures to better track pavement, bridges and safety
Summary
The commission approved modest revisions to ODOT's key performance measures: separate metrics for pavement in 'good' and 'poor' condition (targets: >=60% good, <=15% poor), bridge condition by deck area, and split safety reporting into fatalities and serious injuries to improve granularity and alignment with federal reporting.
The commission voted to forward a set of technical changes to the legislature that revise how ODOT measures pavement, bridge and safety performance.
"We recommend a percentage of state highway lane miles that are rated as good — we're recommending to the legislature a target of no less than 60% — and similarly monitor percent of the system rated poor, no more than 15%," ODOT deputy director Travis Brower said, explaining the department's proposal to split the pavement KPM into two more descriptive metrics. Brower said the measures are grounded in automated condition surveys and align with federal definitions.
ODOT also proposed moving from a single 'not distressed' bridge metric to two measures that report percent of state highway bridge deck area rated good and percent rated poor; bridges will be weighted by deck area so large structures count proportionally. Safety reporting will be disaggregated to show fatalities and serious injuries separately rather than aggregated into one combined measure.
Commissioners asked staff to make titles and public descriptions clearer and to ensure historical trend data is preserved so multi‑year comparisons remain possible. The commission approved the change and directed staff to provide trend series and plain‑language definitions when the measures go to the legislature.
