Improve Conditions of America’s Transportation Related Infrastructure
Goal Leaders: FAA: Kirk Shaffer, Associate Administrator for Airports, FAA: Winsome A. Lenfert, Deputy Associate Administrator for Airports, FHWA: Nicole R. Nason, Administrator, and FTA: Robert J. Tuccillo, Associate Administrator for Budget and Policy
Goal Statement: DOT will maintain good conditions of airport runway surfaces, National Highway System bridges, and ride quality per Vehicle Mile Traveled on the National Highway System, as well as reverse the trend of the growing Transit State of Good Repair backlog through FY 2019. DOT will develop improved ways of tracking transportation infrastructure condition and, in the near term, focus on data available for roadway, runway, and transit infrastructure.
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Reduce Aviation-Related Fatalities
Goal Leaders: FAA: Ali Bahrami, Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety, Liro Liu, Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety, FAA, Deputy Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety, Steven Gottlieb, Acting Executive Director, Office of Accident Investigation and Prevention, and Warren Randolph, Acting Deputy Executive Director, Office of Accident Investigation and Prevention
Goal Statement:
U.S.-Owned Commercial Aviation: DOT will work to reduce commercial air carrier fatalities per 100 million persons on board to no more than 5.9 by September 30, 2019. Long term, DOT is committed to reduce fatalities by 50 percent over 18-year period (until FY2025)
U.S. General Aviation: DOT will work to reduce general aviation fatal accidents to no more than 0.98 fatal accidents per 100,000 flight hours by September 30, 2019. Long term, DOT seeks to reduce general aviation fatal accidents more than 0.96 fatal accidents per 100,000 flight hours by FY2028.
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Controlling Regulatory Burden
Goal Leader: Christina Aizcorbe, Deputy General Counsel, Office of the Secretary (OST)
Goal Statement: DOT will implement regulatory reform initiatives by evaluating existing regulations in order to lower regulatory burdens on industry and the public. In conjunction with the release of the agency’s Fall Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, the Department will implement a regulatory reform agenda through the end of FY 2019, focusing specifically on providing for two deregulatory actions for every new regulatory action proposed and achieving a total incremental cost savings from all deregulatory and significant regulatory actions of no less than $35 million per year for FY 2018 and no less than $140 million per year for FY 2019.
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Reduce Surface Transportation-Related Fatalities
Goal Leaders: Nicole R. Nason, Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, Jim Mullen, Acting Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), and James Owens, Acting Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
Goal Statement:DOT will work to reduce surface transportation-related fatalities by 2019, with specific focus on reducing motor vehicle-related roadway fatalities to 1.02 fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles traveled by September 30, 2019.
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Simplify and Enhance Environmental Review Process for Major Transportation Projects
Goal Leaders: April Marchese, Deputy Director, Office of Policy Development, Strategic Planning, and Performance and Gerald Solomon, Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Policy
Goal Statement: DOT will maintain accountability by posting and tracking at least 90% of its funded projects for which environmental reviews are required by the end of FY 2018. Long range, by the end of FY 2021, DOT will reduce the median time to complete those environmental reviews to 24 months.
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