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CDOT Performance Data Business Plan - Cambridge Systematics

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<strong>CDOT</strong> <strong>Performance</strong> <strong>Data</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Plan</strong><br />

6.0 Cost/Benefit Curves for Safety<br />

and Mobility<br />

In the context of performance management, understanding the relationship<br />

between funding and future performance levels can help to inform resource<br />

allocation decisions. These relationships can be communicated through a<br />

cost/benefit curve, as illustrated in Figure 6.1. This figure represents a<br />

cost/benefit curve for interstate bridge preservation funding in the Atlanta<br />

region. It shows the expected performance (expressed as a percent of bridges in<br />

good condition) in 2040 for various funding levels. For example, the graph<br />

indicates that maintaining current conditions would cost nearly $2 billion over<br />

the next 30 years, and that achieving an 80 percent condition level would cost<br />

around $1.1 billion.<br />

Figure 6.1<br />

Example Cost/Benefit Curve – Interstate Bridges in the Atlanta<br />

Region<br />

These types of curves can help agencies answer the following types of questions:<br />

<br />

How much money would it cost to maintain existing performance levels over<br />

the next X years?<br />

How much would it cost to improve existing performance levels to Y?<br />

<strong>Cambridge</strong> <strong>Systematics</strong>, Inc. 6-1

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