This document discusses performance measures for bicycle and pedestrian transportation. It outlines goals like mobility, safety, health, economy and environment. Sample metrics are proposed to measure these goals, like the percentage of roads including complete street features or miles of greenways built. Data needs are identified to track these metrics, like project descriptions, enforcement events, and physical inactivity rates from surveys. The document provides an example of how the metrics could be used to prioritize transportation projects based on safety, access to destinations, population density, and other criteria. Outcomes will be evaluated to see if funding is shifted to more bike and ped projects and how the metrics and process can be improved.

1. Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation -- Performance Measures
Lauren Blackburn, AICP
NCDOT, Division of Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation
Pro Walk / Pro Bike / Pro Place Conference
September 2014

2. Campaign Goals
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3. Plan - Principles to Actions
1.Define Goals/Objectives
2.Describe Metrics
3.Identify Data for Metrics
4.Plan for Data Collection
5.Communicate Data/Information

4. Sample Plan Objectives
•Mobility: Implement Complete Streets policy
•Safety: Improve enforcement efforts
•Health: Improve public health via active living environments
•Economy: Increase return on investment for bike/ped facilities
•Environment: Expand statewide greenway network
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5. Sample Metrics
•Mobility: % of eligible roadway including complete street features
•Safety: Number of local governments, universities participating in enforcement initiatives
•Health: Physical inactivity rates
•Economy: ROI measures (visits, spending, property values, business development, etc)
•Environment: Miles of greenways built
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6. Identify Data for Metrics
•Mobility: Project Descriptions
•Safety: # enforcement events tracked via Watch for Me NC campaign
•Health: statewide survey questions about physical activity risk factors
•Economy: Commerce visitor stats, property valuations, user intercept surveys
•Environment: NC GIS inventory of bike/ped faciilties
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7. Identify data needs
•Continue to conduct statewide GIS data collection
•Consider mapping and application options

8. Identify data needs
•2014- purchase counters, identify locations, initiate counts in Triad region
•2015- evaluation, launch statewide counts program

9. Share Information
•Use web and online tools to provide open source for data
•Provide mapping/digital tools that meet the needs of state’s customers
•Provide reports and data to researchers and local planners for other applications and studies
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10. Example Use of Metrics: Prioritize Projects

11. regions &
divisions

12. 40% of Funds
30% of Funds
30% of Funds
STI (Strategic Transportation Investments)
Statewide Mobility
Regional Impact
Division Needs
Focus  Address Significant Congestion and Bottlenecks Eligible Projects
-Statewide type Projects (such as Interstates)
•Selection based on 100% Data
Focus  Improve Connectivity within Regions Eligible Projects
-Projects Not Selected in Statewide Mobility Category
-Regional Projects
•Selection based on 70% Data & 30% Local Input
•Funding based on population within Region
Focus  Address Local Needs Eligible Projects
-Projects Not Selected in Statewide or Regional Categories
-Division Projects
•Selection based on 50% Data & 50% Local Input
•Funding based on equal share for each Division = ~$34M per yr
Bike-Ped Eligible Here

13. Available Data
•Geocoded crash info
•Speed limits on DOT roads
•Population Density
•Employment Density
•Destinations (local input)
•Cost
•ROW acquired, PE work complete
•Planning work
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14. Bicycle & Pedestrian – Data Points
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Criteria
Weight
Safety
15%
Access (Destinations Connected)
10%
Density (Pop + Emp)
10%
Constructability
5%
Benefit-Cost
10%

15. Outcomes  Evaluate Metrics
•Over 460 projects submitted (with additional criteria and limits)
•In process of ranking and programming
•May or may not yield shift in balance of federal funding programmed for bike/ped projects
•SPOT workgroup to reconvene in Sept to discuss improvements to metrics and process
•Questions:
•How can we incorporate health measures into prioritization?
•How can we compare modes via common measures?
•What project funding goals are unmet by STI?
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16. Relating back to the Goals
•Projects selected can be directly related to specific safety and efficiency goals
•Some metrics can be improved to track measures like ROI
•New data sets identified through process (i.e. health)
•Didn’t directly address more nuanced or non- infrastructure needs
•Continuous data collection is extremely important to track progress
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QUESTIONS?