Metropolitan Council 2005 Twin Cities Transportation System Audit

Metropolitan Council 2005 Twin Cities Transportation System Audit
Author: Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities Area
Publisher:
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2006
Genre: Local transit
ISBN:

"This report, a requirement of Minnesota Statutes, consists of the Metropolitan Council's review of the performance of the regional transportaiton system in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. It includes a review of the transportation system performance since the last performance audit in 2001, a comparison of the performance to peer urban areas and a comparison of service to existing standards or benchmarks."--Page i.

Metropolitan Transport and Land Use

Metropolitan Transport and Land Use
Author: David M Levinson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2018-01-19
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1317409302

As cities around the globe respond to rapid technological changes and political pressures, coordinated transport and land use planning is an often targeted aim. Metropolitan Transport and Land Use, the second edition of Planning for Place and Plexus, provides unique and updated perspectives on metropolitan transport networks and land use planning, challenging current planning strategies, offering frameworks to understand and evaluate policy, and suggesting alternative solutions. The book includes current and cutting-edge theory, findings, and recommendations which are cleverly illustrated throughout using international examples. This revised work continues to serve as a valuable resource for students, researchers, practitioners, and policy advisors working across transport, land use, and planning.

Measuring Transportation Network Performance

Measuring Transportation Network Performance
Author: Cambridge Systematics
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 87
Release: 2010
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 0309154928

This guidebook provides methods for integrating performance measures from individual transportation modes and multiple jurisdictions and for developing new measures, if needed, to monitor transportation network performance. These network performance measures can be used to improve system management, planning, and investment decisions and can be applied to various scenarios. The guidebook should be of immediate use to practitioners in state, regional, or local governments; specially designated authorities; or those in the private sector who are responsible for measuring, operating, and investing in the performance of multimodal and/or multijurisdictional transportation networks.

A Guidebook for Performance-based Transportation Planning

A Guidebook for Performance-based Transportation Planning
Author: Cambridge Systematics
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2000
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780309066624

"This [i.e. The] purpose of this guidebook is to help organizations improve the development, implementation, and management of their transportation plans and programs. By adding an element of performance measurement and monitoring to existing transportation planning processes, agencies can obtain better information about the performance of their existing programs and services. Performance-based planning provides a process and tools to identify and assess alternative programs, projects, and services with respect to overall transportation plan goals and objectives."--Ch. 1. Overview, p. 3.

A Methodology for Performance Measurement and Peer Comparison in the Public Transportation Industry

A Methodology for Performance Measurement and Peer Comparison in the Public Transportation Industry
Author: Paul Ryus
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2010
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0309154820

TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 141: A Methodology for Performance Measurement and Peer Comparison in the Public Transportation Industry explores the use of performance measurement and benchmarking as tools to help identify the strengths and weaknesses of a transit organization, set goals or performance targets, and identify best practices to improve performance.