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Title:

Leveraging Project- and Scenario-Level Performance Assessment to Achieve Sustainability Goals of Plan Bay Area
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Accession Number:

01476258

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

Senate Bill 375 requires metropolitan planning organizations in California to develop an integrated transportation, land use, and housing plan – known as a Sustainable Communities Strategy. This plan must be targeted to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cars and light-duty trucks. To meet these requirements, the San Francisco Bay Area Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) are developing Plan Bay Area, which integrates the Sustainable Communities Strategy with the upcoming cycle of the Regional Transportation Plan. In order to achieve the plan’s sustainability goals, San Francisco Bay Area regional agencies are relying on a performance-based approach, targeting key issues such as strengthening the region’s economy, promoting equity, and enhancing the environment. This approach focuses on measurable outcomes to help understand how land use strategies and potential transportation investments could advance the region’s goals. Following the adoption of a set of ten quantitative performance targets, transportation projects and scenarios were evaluated based on their level of support for these targets. A benefit-cost assessment was also leveraged to assess the cost-effectiveness of regionally-significant transportation projects and scenarios. This paper will present Plan Bay Area’s performance assessment methodology and discuss both its abilities and limitations in capturing impacts of infrastructure investments. The assessment approach will be examined both for individual transportation projects and for integrated regional transportation and land use scenarios.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ABC30 Performance Measurement.

Monograph Accession #:

01470560

Report/Paper Numbers:

13-2058

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Vautin, David
Klein, Lisa
Co, Sean
Jeannotte, Krista
Sallman, Doug

Pagination:

19p

Publication Date:

2013

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2013-1-13 to 2013-1-17
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Geographic Terms:

San Francisco Bay Area

Subject Areas:

Environment; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I15: Environment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2013 Paper #13-2058

Files:

PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Feb 5 2013 12:28PM