A Guidebook for Sustainability Performance Measurement for Transportation Agencies (2011) / Chapter Skim
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Sustainability includes not only conditions today but addresses the needs of future generations as well. And sustainability incorporates equity among socioeconomic and demographic groups, both today and over time.
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The aim is to help transportation agencies do their part -- to operationalize the general sustainability principles within their specific transportation context. How Can Transportation Agencies Apply Sustainability Concepts?
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DOT) - FHWA - Federal Transit Administration • State level - State DOTs - Independent state toll authorities • Regional and local level - Metropolitan planning organizations - Local public works and transportation departments - Public transit agencies - Local-level toll authorities Given this broad set of transportation agency actors, sustainability performance measures are needed that can support the work of individual agencies and provide insight into progress on a broader scale.
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In many states, early consideration of environmental issues before an environmental document is prepared is an increasingly common part of project planning. Project-level sustainability performance measures may be used to inform project-level planning decisions.
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is required for major projects where a significant environmental impact is anticipated, such as construction of a new segment of controlled access freeway. As in planning, project-level sustainability performance measures may be used to inform project-level environmental decisions.
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Sustainability performance measures are those that have been selected or organized by a set of sustainability goals and objectives. Sustainability performance measures can be freshly created to specifically support the defined objectives.
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Others begin with an agency-wide, multiyear perspective and drill down. Performance measures should add value to your decision making.
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