A Guidebook for Sustainability Performance Measurement for Transportation Agencies

This guidebook provides state departments of transportation (DOTs) and other transportation agencies with a practical and easy-to-use approach to identify and apply sustainabilityrelated 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. This guidebook should be of immediate use to those who have mastered the basics of performance measurement and who are familiar with their own agencies’ performance measurement program.

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.

CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Welcome to the Sustainability Performance
Measures User’s Guide
About This Guide
How Is It Organized?
Chapter 2 What Does Sustainability Mean to Transportation Agencies?
Guiding Principles of Sustainability
Sustainability and Sustainable Transportation
Using Performance Measures for Sustainability
Chapter 3 Getting Organized: Setting Yourself Up for Success
Understand Why You Are Doing This
Understand Where You Are Starting From
Phasing in a Performance Measurement Approach
Chapter 4 Understanding the Sustainability Performance Measurement Framework
Fundamental Components
Overarching Components
Auxiliary Components
Chapter 5 Using the Sustainability Performance Measurement Framework
Step 1—Understanding Sustainability
Step 2—Developing Transportation Sustainability Goals
Step 3—Developing Objectives
Step 4—Developing Performance Measures
Step 5—Implementing Performance Measures
Step 6—Refining the Framework and Applying Feedback
Chapter 6 Resources for Performance Measure Development and Application
Compendium of Objectives and Performance Measures
Examples of Use and Data Sources
Workshop Materials to Facilitate Performance Measurement Development
Chapter 7 Sustainability Measures Checklist
Chapter 8 Examples of Practice in Sustainability Measurement
What Are Some Agencies Doing?
Rating Systems for Sustainability
Chapter 9 Summary and Additional Resources
Summary
Additional Resources
A-1 Appendix A Defining Sustainability for Your Agency
B-1 Appendix B Performance Measures Compendium
C-1 Appendix C Electronic Compendium User Instructions
D-1 Appendix D Sustainability Performance Measure
E-1 Appendix E Data Sources
F-1 Appendix F Case Studies and Rating System Summaries
G-1 Appendix G Project Overview and Interactive Workshop Material
H-1 Appendix H Glossary
R-1 References

A Supplementary Materials include.

Supplementary Materials - Overview Presentation and Interactive Workshop: