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From page 128... ... 128 A P P E N D I X D Performance Measure Survey and Results Community Building and Engagement The majority of the performance measures under the "Community Building and Engagement" goal area scored well overall and for each labeled criterion. However, two measures -- "Number of free ‘how to use transit' trainings each year" and "Number/percentage of schools included in the Enhance Safe Routes to School program" -- scored poorly under most criteria and overall. Read the entire page →
From page 129... ... Table D-1. Community Building and Engagement performance measure scoring. Read the entire page →
From page 130... ... 130 Social and Economic Sustainability Performance Measures for Public Transportation: Final Guidance Document Economic Impact Respondents generally felt that most of the Economic Impact performance measures were applicable to their agencies, with the exception of "Dollars spent marketing the benefits of transit." However, in most cases respondents rated the measures as more challenging to achieve and/or monitor over time. The lower score may be because some economic measures are not entirely (or at all) Read the entire page →
From page 131... ... Table D-2. Economic Impact performance measure scoring. Read the entire page →
From page 132... ... 132 Social and Economic Sustainability Performance Measures for Public Transportation: Final Guidance Document Employees and Workforce With the exception of parental leave tracking, the "Employees and Workforce" measures generally scored well under the "Metric's Applicability" criterion. Many of the employee workforce measures scored lower under the "Well Understood" criterion. Read the entire page →
From page 133... ... Table D-3. Employees and Workforce performance measure scoring. Read the entire page →
From page 134... ... 134 Social and Economic Sustainability Performance Measures for Public Transportation: Final Guidance Document Financial The majority of the performance measures related to the "Financial" goal scored well under each criterion as well as overall, with slightly lower scores under the "Well Understood" criterion. This result suggests that transit agencies could work to ensure that these important financial measures are explained to internal and external stakeholders and benchmarked against those used by other agencies to improve understanding. Read the entire page →
From page 135... ... Table D-4. Financial performance measure scoring. Read the entire page →
From page 136... ... 136 Social and Economic Sustainability Performance Measures for Public Transportation: Final Guidance Document Mobility and Accessibility The Mobility and Accessibility goal included the most measures of any category (18 measures) Read the entire page →
From page 137... ... Table D-5. Mobility and Accessibility performance measure scoring. Read the entire page →
From page 138... ... Performance Measure Metric'sApplicability Universal Applicability Realistic and Attainable Monitoring/ Implementation Well Understood Overall Score Rank in Category Rank Overall Count of bikes on board all modes, and parked at facilities recorded annually 3.80 3.44 3.10 3.56 3.78 17.68 13 53 Percentage of housing units within X miles of rail station or TOD areas that are affordable (e.g., units for which monthly rent or mortgage is equal to no more than 30% of area median income) 4.22 3.60 2.73 3.33 3.78 17.66 14 54 Portion of household income devoted to public transit by lower-income households 3.67 3.67 2.78 3.25 4.00 17.36 15 58 Ratio of vulnerable populations and nonvulnerable populations within service areas that live within 1/4 mile of a highfrequency transit stop 4.11 3.50 3.00 3.11 3.44 17.17 16 61 Number of participants in a low-income fare program as a percentage of lowincome riders 3.88 3.50 3.00 3.00 3.56 16.93 17 63 Average time per trip spent commuting for work or school during peak periods via transit vs. Read the entire page →
From page 139... ... Performance Measure Survey and Results 139 Safety and Emergency Preparedness The majority of measures listed under "Safety and Emergency Preparedness" scored well under each criterion and overall. Some measures with similar areas of focus received substantially divergent scores, such as "Transit collisions per year compared to car collisions per year" (overall score 18.9) Read the entire page →
From page 140... ... Table D-6. Safety and Emergency Preparedness performance measure scoring. Read the entire page →
From page 141... ... Abbreviations and acronyms used without definitions in TRB publications: A4A Airlines for America AAAE American Association of Airport Executives AASHO American Association of State Highway Officials AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials ACI–NA Airports Council International–North America ACRP Airport Cooperative Research Program ADA Americans with Disabilities Act APTA American Public Transportation Association ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials ATA American Trucking Associations CTAA Community Transportation Association of America CTBSSP Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program DHS Department of Homeland Security DOE Department of Energy EPA Environmental Protection Agency FAA Federal Aviation Administration FAST Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (2015) FHWA Federal Highway Administration FMCSA Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration FRA Federal Railroad Administration FTA Federal Transit Administration HMCRP Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 ITE Institute of Transportation Engineers MAP-21 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (2012) Read the entire page →
From page 142... ... Social and Econom ic Sustainability Perform ance M easures for Public Transportation: Final G uidance D ocum ent TCR P Research Report 205 TR B TRA N SPO RTATIO N RESEA RCH BO A RD 500 Fifth Street, N W W ashington, D C 20001 A D D RESS SERV ICE REQ U ESTED ISBN 978-0-309-48086-4 9 7 8 0 3 0 9 4 8 0 8 6 4 9 0 0 0 0 Read the entire page →

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... 128 A P P E N D I X D Performance Measure Survey and Results Community Building and Engagement The majority of the performance measures under the "Community Building and Engagement" goal area scored well overall and for each labeled criterion. However, two measures -- "Number of free ‘how to use transit' trainings each year" and "Number/percentage of schools included in the Enhance Safe Routes to School program" -- scored poorly under most criteria and overall.