Public Comment Period: Performance Targets
OTO Recommends Performance Targets
Federal transportation law requires OTO to set performance targets. This year, all targets will be reviewed.
Safety
Five individual targets comprise the Safety Targets:
- Number of fatalities
- Rate of fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles traveled
- Number of serious injuries
- Rate of serious injuries per 100 million vehicle miles traveled
- Number of non-motorized fatalities and non-motorized serious injuries
OTO can choose to set local targets or can choose to plan and program in support of the MoDOT targets, which are based on a rolling five-year average:
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Performance Measure |
Statewide Target for CY2026 |
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Number of Fatalities |
969.0 |
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Fatality Rate per 100 Million VMT |
1.198 |
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Number of Serious Injuries |
5147.6 |
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Serious Injury Rate per 100 Million VMT |
6.445 |
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Number of Non-Motorized Fatalities and Serious Injuries |
603 |
Transit Asset Management
Four individual targets comprise the TAM Targets:
- Equipment
- Rolling Stock
- Facilities
- Infrastructure
OTO can choose to set local targets or can choose to plan and program in support of the MoDOT targets:
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MoDOT 2025 Reporting Year Targets |
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Equipment: Non-revenue support-service and maintenance vehicles (exceeding $50k at purchase) |
N/A |
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Rolling Stock |
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Automobiles, Minivans, Vans |
8 Years Useful Life |
45% |
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Cutaways |
10 Years Useful Life |
45% |
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Buses |
14 Years Useful Life |
45% |
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Ferry Boats |
42 Years Useful Life |
30% |
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Facilities |
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Administrative, Passenger Stations (buildings), and Parking Facilities |
30% with a condition rating below 3.0 on FTA’s TERM Scale |
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Maintenance Facilities |
25% with a condition rating below 3.0 on FTA’s TERM Scale |
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Infrastructure |
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Only rail fixed-guideway, track, signals and systems |
N/A |
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FTA TERM RATING SCALE |
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Rating |
Condition |
Description |
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5 |
Excellent |
No visible defects, new or near new condition, may still be under warranty if applicable |
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4 |
Good |
Good condition, but no longer new, may be slightly defective or deteriorated, but is overall functional |
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3 |
Adequate |
Moderately deteriorated or defective, but has not exceeded useful life |
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2 |
Marginal |
Defective or deteriorated in need of replacement, exceeded useful life |
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1 |
Poor |
Critically damaged or in need of immediate repair, well past useful life |
Transit Safety
City Utilities elected to develop their own Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan rather than participate in the statewide plan. The transit safety performance measures have also been expanded to cover multiple metrics. These are outlined in the agenda packet, rather than listed here.
OTO can choose to set local targets or can choose to plan and program in support of the CU targets.
Visit http://giveusyourinput.org to review the Targets in further detail and to submit comments. Comments can also be submitted in writing to Ozarks Transportation Organization, 2208 W. Chesterfield Boulevard, Suite 101, Springfield, Missouri 65807, emailed to comment@ozarkstransportation.org, or faxed to 417-862-6013.
The public comment period will end at 5 pm on January 14, 2026. The OTO Board of Directors will review and consider approving the Targets at their January 15, 2026 Board Meeting, held at 12:00 noon. After reviewing recommendations and entertaining public comment, the OTO Board of Directors will decide whether to formally adopt the targets.
For more information, contact: Natasha Longpine, Transportation Planning Manager, Ozarks Transportation Organization, 2208 W. Chesterfield Boulevard, Suite 101, Springfield, Missouri 65807, 417-865-3042.
Ozarks Transportation Organization is your Springfield-regional Metropolitan Planning Organization, or MPO. The MPO is a body of elected and appointed members who work together with local, state and federal elected officials and policy-makers, serving to make funding and planning decisions for transportation within the Springfield, MO region.
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