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... 1 A sustainable transit agency provides environmental, social and economic benefits to the communities it serves. Transit agency efforts to quantify these benefits have focused primarily on environmental sustainability.
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... 2 Social and Economic Sustainability Performance Measures for Public Transportation: Final Guidance Document APTA Social and Economic Sustainability Goals The APTA Recommended Practice identifies goals, objectives, and specific recommended practices that transit agencies can take to address social and/or economic sustainability. The APTA Recommended Practice identifies six critical goal areas that frame social and economic sustainability for transit agencies: 1.
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... Summary 3 Some measures were added in response to panel input and the research team's experience. In the Social and Economic Sustainability Performance Measures Database that accompanies this research, performance measures have been characterized to align with • The APTA Recommended Practice goals and objectives; • Characteristics of the transit agency; • The type of measure (i.e., input, process, output, or outcome)
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... 4 Social and Economic Sustainability Performance Measures for Public Transportation: Final Guidance Document Step 4. Implement and Evaluate.

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