This 3rd biennial benchmarking report looks at data and policies in all 50 states and the 51 largest US cities to examine how they stack up for walking and biking. This is a useful tool for local and state officials that would like to improve conditions and safety for bicyclists and pedestrians, or to promote non-motorized transportation.
performance measures
NCHRP Report 708: A Guidebook for Sustainability Performance Measurement for Transportation Agencies (2011)
This guidebook provides state departments of transportation (DOTs) and other transportation agencies with a practical and easy-to-use approach to identify and apply sustainability-related performance measures, some number of which may already be integrated into agency business practices, to produce a new lens through which decision makers can view their agency’s performance. It describes the underlying principles of sustainability as it relates to transportation, possible goals that can be used to address those principles, and performance measures that can be used to address those goals. Aspects of sustainability-related performance measures, including data sources and examples of use, are discussed. A reference compendium of performance measures has also been provided.
New TRB guidebook for sustainability measures released
The Transportation Research Board, in partnership with the Texas Transportation Institute, has released the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 708: A Guidebook for Sustainability Performance Measurement for Transportation Agencies that will help transportation …
Performance measures for freight transportation
As a prelude to a national freight report card, researchers looked at 360 potential freight performance measures. They picked 29 that looked promising. The intent was to develop “a comprehensive, objective, and consistent set of …
Performance Measures for Freight Transportation (NCFRP Report 10, 2011)
The objective of this research was to develop measures to gauge the performance of the U.S. freight transportation system. The measures as sought in the project statement are intended to support investment, operations, and policy …
Achieving a state of good repair
Dr. Michael Meyer from Georgia Tech University (and an expert panel member for several SSTI reports) made a presentation (available here) to USDOT officials about the importance of performance management in improving U.S. highway and …
GAO Reports on Transitioning to Performance-Based Planning.
State DOTs have made progress in developing performance measures to inform their planning, but they face several challenges, including identifying indicators for qualitative concepts such as livability, according to a new U.S. Government Accountability Office …
TOMORROW – ITS America on the New World of Performance Measures
ITS America is having a webinar on “ITS and the New World of Performance Measures” tomorrow, Tuesday, December 7, 1:00-2:00 p.m. EST, which is described as follows: “The next surface transportation legislation is likely to include a …