Nchrp Report 708 - A Guidebook For Sustainability Performance Measurement For Transportation Agencies

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 708: A Guidebook for Sustainability Performance Measurement for Transportation Agencies 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. In addition to the guidebook, the contractor’s project Final Report that contains the results of the literature review, surveys of the state of the practice, case study interviews, detail on research methodology and findings, and a discussion of future research needs is available on the NCHRP Project 08-74 website. A CD-ROM, included in the print version of the guidebook, contains an Excel-spreadsheet-based version of the performance measures compendium located in Appendix B of the guidebook. The spreadsheet allows the existing measures to be modified, and macros enable the user to generate and export a custom list of measures. Instructions for using the spreadsheet are found in Appendix C. NCHRP Report 708 – A Guidebook for Sustainability Performance Measurement for Transportation Agencies 1 Next Page -1 Previous Page -1 =============== -1 Project Description -1 Report Web Page -1 =============== -1 Transportation Research Board 2011 Executive Committee 2 A Guidebook for Sustainability Performance Measurement for Transportation Agencies 3 About the National Academies 5 NCHRP Project 8-74 Panel 6 Author Acknowledgments 6 Foreword 7 Contents 9 Chapter 1 - Welcome to the Sustainability Performance Measures User’s Guide 11 About This Guide 11 How Is It Organized? 12 Chapter 2 - What Does Sustainability Mean to Transportation Agencies? 13 Guiding Principles of Sustainability 13 Sustainability and Sustainable Transportation 14 Using Performance Measures for Sustainability 18 Chapter 3 - Getting Organized: Setting Yourself Up for Success 20 Understand Why You Are Doing This 20 Understand Where You Are Starting From 21 Phasing in a Performance Measurement Approach 23 Chapter 4 - Understanding the Sustainability Performance Measurement Framework 24 Fundamental Components 24 Overarching Components 25 Auxiliary Components 25 Chapter 5 - Using the Sustainability Performance Measurement Framework 26 Step 1—Understanding Sustainability 26 Step 2—Developing Transportation Sustainability Goals 27 Step 3—Developing Objectives 31 Step 4—Developing Performance Measures 32 Step 5—Implementing Performance Measures 34 Step 6—Refining the Framework and Applying Feedback 37 Chapter 6 - Resources for Performance Measure Development and Application 38 Compendium of Objectives and Performance Measures 38 Examples of Use and Data Sources 41 Workshop Materials to Facilitate Performance Measurement Development 41 Chapter 7 - Sustainability Measures Checklist 42 Chapter 8 - Examples of Practice in Sustainability Measurement 44 What Are Some Agencies Doing? 44 Rating Systems for Sustainability 56 Chapter 9 - Summary and Additional Resources 57 Summary 57 Additional Resources 58 Appendix A - Defining Sustainability for Your Agency 60 Appendix B - Performance Measures Compendium 64 Appendix C - Electronic Compendium User Instructions 131 Appendix D - Sustainability Performance Measure Examples 137 Appendix E - Data Sources 173 Appendix F - Case Studies and Rating System Summaries 175 Appendix G - Project Overview and Interactive Workshop Material 197 Appendix H - Glossary 199 References 202 Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications 203 Administration,and,Management;,Planning,and,Forecasting;,Environment;,Society Administration and Management,Planning and Forecasting,Environment,Society