Project Performance Assessment (PPA) Tool

The Project Performance Assessment (PPA) tool links the numerous data sources SACOG tracks and maintains with key policy objectives of the region’s long-range transportation plan (now called the Blueprint). A cornerstone of the tool has been to support data-driven decision making while enhancing transparency in transportation planning and programming. As such, the tool is online and open for anyone to use.

Access the PPA tool here

How to Use the PPA Tool

Learn how to use the PPA too quickly by following the step-by-step directions in these videos. 

1. How to run the PPA Tool and create a PPA project report (4 minutes)
2. Webinar: How to use the PPA Tool (30 minutes)
   • Download webinar slides.

About the PPA tool 

In response to board direction and input as well as federal and state emphasis on performance based transportation planning and programming, SACOG staff has continued to enhance tools and methods to analyze transportation investments at the project-level.

The Project Performance Assessment (PPA) tool is a major component of SACOG’s practice to provide quantitative indicators and other information that help inform regional decision making. The tool draws on multiple data sources to give a consistent and transparent baseline to measure performance for different transportation projects across the region, is online and open for any to use, and has been used as part of funding rounds since 2018 to both streamline the data component for applicants as well as improve transparency in performance-based programming.

To learn more about the PPA indicators and how to interpret the data, read the PPA Tool Guide.