Track time and monetary costs of transportation as a comprehensive performance measure: Development and application of Transportation Cost Index

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Development and application of Transportation Cost Index

As federal and state policies place increasing emphasis on using comprehensive transportation performance measures to guide transportation decision making, there is a gap in such measures of transportation and land use systems. This seminar reports the results from a research project aiming to fill the gap in the type of applications and policy areas covered by existing measures. Modeled after the popular Consumer Price Index, the project refines and develops a transportation cost index (...

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Measuring What We Value: Using Performance Measures to Achieve Goals

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Measuring What We Value: Using Performance Measures to Achieve Goals

Performance measures are commonly used in transportation planning, but how effectively are public agencies using them, and to what ends?

Metro, ODOT and many cities use performance measures to evaluate investment choices and monitor progress. Drawing from Transportation for America’s report...

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Webinar: Bang for the Buck? Following the Money from Transportation Decisions to Outcomes

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Webinar: Bang for the Buck: Following the Money

Federal, state and local governments spend roughly 5 percent of their total expenditures on transportation: roads, bridges, tunnels, public transit, ports, etc. Such projects and programs are intended to support the efficient movement of people, goods and services, but also impact livability and other societal goals. The 2012 federal transportation reauthorization, MAP-21, is calling for more performance-based decision-making.

A recent research project...

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