More Performance Measurement Resources
Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Provides a better understanding of how transportation agencies, stakeholders, and advocates alike could better work together to improve road safety for all users and achieve the goal of zero fatalities. Covers a variety of current topics, including road safety, design standards, and performance assessment.
Read More >Developing an Equity Tracker for the Central Puget Sound Region
Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Describes a data-driven Equity Tracker developed by the Puget Sound Regional Council to measure disparities across communities. The tool tracks and analyzes the region's performance in closing equity-related gaps and monitors the implementation of equity programs and policies.
Read More >Source: US Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Provides an overview of the national transportation system, including safety, reliability, and environmental impacts. Identifies e-bikes, scooters, and active transportation as growing last-mile solutions and tools to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, while noting the need for more data on user behavior and interactions.
Read More >Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Provides practitioners with information on how to conduct an engineering study to set a speed limit for a speed zone based on the provisions in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways (MUTCD).
Read More >Source: US Department of Transportation (USDOT)
Offers a whole-of-government approach to transform the transportation sector and sets forth an interagency call to action to coordinate and work effectively together.
Read More >The U.S. National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization Fact Sheet
Source: US Department of Transportation (USDOT)
Covers a report on a first-of-its-kind strategy for federal leadership and partnerships to decarbonize the entire U.S. transportation sector.
Read More >Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Helps states start a data linkage program or expand their current program to help prevent motor vehicle crash-related injuries and deaths.
Read More >Estimating Effectiveness of Safety Treatments in the Absence of Crash Data: A Guide
Source: National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Presents a guide for using alternative measures of safety for developing crash modification factors.
Read More >Measuring New Mobility: Definitions, Indicators, Data Collection
Source: International Transport Forum
Proposes a comprehensive classification of “New Mobility” services and vehicles, and identifies performance indicators.
Read More >Source: AARP
Announces the updated AARP Livability Index with current community data and enhanced functions.
Read More >Developing Crash Modification Factors for Separated Bicycle Lanes
Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Investigates how conversions of traditional bicycle lanes to separated bicycle lanes (SBL) influence the safety performance of the roadway.
Read More >Source: North American Bikeshare & Scootershare Association (NABSA)
Demonstrates shared micromobility’s continued growth and viability as an important mode for public transportation.
Read More >Source: National Complete Streets Coalition - Smart Growth America
Presents a free tool to evaluate and score Complete Streets policies.
Read More >Source: North American Bikeshare & Scootershare Association (NABSA)
Shows that shared micromobility ridership returned to pre-pandemic levels in 2022.
Read More >Source: PeopleForBikes
Ranks bikeability in cities worldwide, offering insights and interactive maps.
Read More >Source: Governing
Reports that travel needs of people with disabilities are not accounted for due to missing data.
Read More >Source: StreetLight
Reports on key factors influencing transportation emissions across the 100 largest urban areas in the US.
Read More >Source: Institute for Transportation & Development Policy
Offers an online dashboard displaying sustainable urban transport indicators.
Read More >Transport Access Manual: Measuring Connection between People and Places
Source: The Committee for the Transport Access Manual
Provides a guide for quantifying and evaluating access to understand how to measure the performance of transport and land use configurations.
Read More >Transport NDC Tracker Monitors Countries' Decarbonization Commitments
Source: International Transport Forum (ITF)
Describes the new Transport Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) Tracker to monitor how transport appears in the decarbonization commitments of the countries that have joined the Paris Climate Agreement.
Read More >Source: Planopedia
Defines and describes walkability, how it is measured, factors and policies that improve it, and provides links to relevant resources.
Read More >New USDOT National Roadway Safety Strategy and FHWA Update to Highway Safety Improvement Program
Source: USDOT
At its core, the NRSS is a USDOT-wide adoption of the Safe System Approach, focused on five key objectives: safer people, safer roads, safer vehicles, safer speeds, and post-crash care.
Read More >Source: National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Presents a roadmap for states to develop comprehensive crash-related data linkage systems with special attention to measuring serious injuries in crashes.
Read More >Source: Mineta Transportation Institute
Describes an effective end-to-end system based on advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning, and computer vision to automatically monitor, detect, track, and count pedestrians and bicyclists using existing traffic cameras.
Read More >The New BikePed Portal Dashboard: A National Non-Motorized Count Data Archive
Source: Transportation Research and Education Center
Describes a centralized standard count database to view and download bicycle and pedestrian count data, including automated and manual counts from across the country.
Read More >Using Connectivity Measures to Evaluate and Build Connected Bicycle Networks
Source: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC) and PeopleForBikes
Provides an overview of current approaches for measuring bicycle network quality and focuses on a case study using the open-source PeopleForBikes Bicycle Network Analysis tool to evaluate the impact of planned projects.
Read More >Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Shares methods for measuring networks and prioritizing opportunities to build connections.
Read More >Evaluating Complete Streets Projects: A Guide for Practitioners
Source: National Complete Streets Coalition
Provides general steps to take in evaluating projects and discuss useful measures for common Complete Streets goals.
Read More >Guidebook for Developing Pedestrian and Bicycle Performance Measures
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)
Helps communities develop performance measures that can integrate pedestrian and bicycle planning into ongoing performance management activities.
Read More >Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Provides an updated overview of Federal funding programs for pedestrian, bicycle, and micromobility projects. Outlines eligible activities and projects, helping sponsors integrate safety into initiatives.
Read More >Guidebook for Developing Pedestrian and Bicycle Performance Measures
Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
This guidebook is intended to help communities develop performance measures that can fully integrate pedestrian and bicycle planning in ongoing performance management activities.
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