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What’s a Passing Grade? A Synthesis and Review of Multimodal Street Performance Measures

Accession Number:

01518832

Record Type:

Component

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Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

The authors examine four often-cited multimodal level of service (LOS) metrics (those of the cities of Fort Collins, Colorado and Charlotte, North Carolina; metrics developed by the San Francisco Department of Public Health, and the multimodal LOS metrics of the 2010 Highway Capacity Manual) and explore the differences between each metric. This literature synthesis provides an overview of each metric’s development and the variables used to calculate performance scores, as well as their ease of use and threats to their validity. Finally, the authors provide a critique of the metrics, focusing on how the use of single-outcome metrics (even differentiated by mode) may skew the understanding of street performance by masking considerable variation among users.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ABC30 Performance Measurement.

Monograph Accession #:

01503729

Report/Paper Numbers:

14-4702

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Smart, Michael J
McCann, Henry
Brozen, Madeline

Pagination:

20p

Publication Date:

2014

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC
Date: 2014-1-12 to 2014-1-16
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

References; Tables

Identifier Terms:

Subject Areas:

Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2014 Paper #14-4702

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 27 2014 3:38PM