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
Campaign Goals
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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
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 4
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 5
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 6
Identify data needs
• Continue to conduct statewide GIS data collection
• Consider mapping and application options
Identify data needs
• 2014- purchase counters, identify locations, initiate counts in Triad region
• 2015- evaluation, launch statewide counts program
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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Example Use of Metrics: Prioritize Projects
regions & divisions
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
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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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%
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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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?