HomeMy WebLinkAbout120823 email Misleading information in WSDOT's Gray NotebookALERT: BE CAUTIOUS This email originated outside the organization. Do not open attachments or click on links if you are not expecting them.
Commissioners,
I recommend that you take statements from WSDOT such as the following with a large grain of salt.
“Washington State Ferries completed 36,005 (97.2%) of its 37,025 regularly scheduled trips in the first quarter of fiscal year 2024 compared to completing 34,221 (97.6%) of its 35,050
scheduled trips during the same quarter in FY2023”
The truth is that when WSF elects to forego a sailing, that sailing is deemed to not be “scheduled” and therefore does not negatively impact that mythical “97%” number.
For example, all the summer sailings that would normally have been scheduled for Port Townsend-Coupeville via our second boat were never scheduled for the last several years. So, in
WSF’s warped view of reality, those sailings didn’t exist and could not be counted against them as “not completed”.
From the Gray Book:
FY2020 Q1 (July - September 2019)
* WSF completed 42,631 (99.6%) of its 42,817 regularly scheduled trips in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020
FY2024 Q1 (July - September 2023)
* WSF completed 36,005 (97.2%) of its 37,025 regularly scheduled trips in the first quarter of fiscal year 2024 compared to completing 34,221 (97.6%) of its 35,050 scheduled trips during
the same quarter in FY2023
Note how there were 16% fewer scheduled sailings (WSF system-wide) this past summer compared with the same period pre-COVID. That’s a 16% reduction in service. Forget about “completed”
sailings. What matters is how many people were able to get to where they needed to go.
On our route, we’ve seen a reduction in service of more than 20% for the last three years on an annualized basis.
Tom Thiersch
Chair, Jefferson County Ferry Advisory Committee (FAC), Port Townsend terminal
tprosys@gmail.com <mailto:tprosys@gmail.com>
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From: WSDOT Gray Notebook <GrayNotebook@WSDOT.WA.GOV>
Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2023 1:40 PM
Subject: WSDOT's Gray Notebook for the quarter ending September 30, 2023 now online
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Hello,
WSDOT’s quarterly performance report, the Gray Notebook for the quarter ending September 30, 2023 <https://wsdot.wa.gov/about/data/gray-notebook/default.htm> , is now available in its
interactive format. While numerous performance measures are reported throughout the GNB, highlights from this issue include:
* Over the past decade, combined serious injury and fatal crashes on Washington public roads have increased 63.3% from 2,352 in 2013 to 3,840 in 2022
* The amount of WSDOT-owned bridge deck area in need of structural rehabilitation increased 380% from 412,034 square feet on 24 bridges in June 2022 to 1,976,233 square feet on 36 bridges
as of June 2023
* WSDOT built 25 stormwater treatment and flow control facilities in FY2023
* In the third quarter of 2023, WSDOT Incident Response teams provided an estimated $25.5 million in economic benefit by reducing the effects of incidents on drivers
* Washington State Ferries completed 36,005 (97.2%) of its 37,025 regularly scheduled trips in the first quarter of fiscal year 2024 compared to completing 34,221 (97.6%) of its 35,050
scheduled trips during the same quarter in FY2023
* As of September 2023, 70% of WSDOT-owned primary buildings were in critical condition
Feel free to share this message with staff and colleagues and, if you have comments and suggestions, please contact Sreenath Gangula, Assistant Director, Performance Management, at (360)
705-6888 (Sreenath.Gangula@wsdot.wa.gov <mailto:Sreenath.Gangula@wsdot.wa.gov> ) or Joe Irwin, Performance Reporting Manager, at (360) 561-3083 (Joe.Irwin@wsdot.wa.gov <mailto:Joe.Irwin@wsdot.wa.gov
> ).