Comment:
Chapter discusses how pedestrian and bicycle performance measures are organized. Performance measures allow transportation agencies to align decisions with established community goals. In most cases, transportation itself is not a goal, but rather a means by which other community goals are achieved. For example, “mobility” — referring to the easy movement of people and goods — does not, on its own, achieve important goals. Instead, “mobility” is an important feature of the transportation system that can foster economic activity by connecting workers to jobs.

Last Updated (Year): 2016

Year Produced: 2016

Abstract:

This guidebook is intended to help communities develop performance measures that can fully integrate pedestrian and bicycle planning in ongoing performance management activities. It highlights a broad range of ways that walking and bicycling investments, activity, and impacts can be measured and documents how these measures relate to goals identified in a community's planning process. It discusses how the measures can be tracked and what data are required, while also identifying examples of communities that are currently using the respective measures in their planning process. This report highlights resources for developing measures to facilitate high quality performance based planning.

For:Walking, Biking

The E's:Evaluation

Ped Bike Activity:

• Planning
• Assessment

Ped Bike Topic:

• Safety
• Physical Activity
• Health
• Fatalities
• Equity
• Data
• Built environment
• Behaviors
• Accessibility

Road Constraints:High Speed

Urban Context:Urban, Rural

Resource Type:

• Guidance

Link to Content Source:

Guidebook for Developing Pedestrian and Bicycle Performance Measures