Pennsylvanians Encouraged to Review Updated Transportation Performance Report, Provide Feedback and Register for Online Public Meeting

Pennsylvanians Encouraged to Review Updated Transportation Performance
Report, Provide Feedback and Register for Online Public Meeting

3/7/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

Pennsylvanians can view ratings of the state's efforts in transportation
safety, mobility, system preservation and accountability by way of the
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's (PennDOT) Transportation
Performance Report, viewable at www.TalkPATransportation.com.

Residents are also encouraged to visit the website to provide input on
their
transportation priorities and to register for an interactive online public
meeting to be held on March 21.

"This report shows a commitment to safety and efficiency in
transportation,"
PennDOT Secretary and State Transportation Commission (STC) Chairwoman
Leslie
S. Richards said. "We ask the public to review the report and share their
input
during our open public comment period through April 19."

The biennial report is a combined effort of the STC, the State
Transportation
Advisory Committee (TAC) and PennDOT. The report is the first step in the
state's transportation program planning process and helps to evaluate the
system's performance and opportunities for progress. Public input is also a

vital part of the process to develop the commonwealth's blueprint of
prioritized transportation projects, the Twelve Year Transportation
Program.

The online public meeting will be held from 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM on Tuesday,
March
21. During the live Webcast, Richards will provide an update on the
Transportation Performance Report and the public comment period. Richards,
STC
members and PennDOT staff will answer questions submitted before and during
the
meeting. Questions may be submitted in advance to ra-penndotstc@pa.gov

Through April 19, the public can also submit feedback by taking the survey
online at www.TalkPATransportation.com , emailing ra-penndotstc@pa.gov or
calling 717-783-2262 to request a printed survey copy.

"It's very important to us to provide our customers with every opportunity
to
take part in the planning process," Richards said. "These accessible online

tools allow citizens to provide input and feedback to us at their
convenience."

The report rated most highway safety focus areas, such as unbelted and
younger
driver fatalities, as "good" and improving. Initiatives such as those under
the
umbrella of the Governor's Office of Transformation, Innovation,
Management,
and Efficiency (GO-TIME), driver and vehicle service modernizations and
others
are improving accountability.

Local bridges was the only category receiving a "low" performance rating,
an
improvement from the 2015 performance report which also labeled pavement
condition with this rating.

The report will continue to be updated every two years. The 15-member STC
includes the Transportation Secretary, 10 private citizens appointed by the

governor, and the majority and minority chairs of the state Senate and
House
Transportation Committees. The TAC is a 30-member body that assists the
state
Transportation Secretary and STC.

MEDIA CONTACT: Rich Kirkpatrick or Erin Waters-Trasatt, 717-783-8800

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