Indicator pilot project – 2011

Central Hungary Operational Program

• Regional OP – total budget 1 726 M EUR (ERDF)

• Finances projects in the Central Hungary Region (phasing out region)

• Region includes the capital, suburbs and several smaller cities

• 5 priorities: SME’s and innovation Development of transport system Tourism and cultural heritage Development of social infrastructure (health, education, social

services) Development of urban areas

Central Hungary OP

Priority: Development of transport system

What do you want to change? Result indicator Output indicator Allocation

• Decrease transit traffic in the capital’s center • Minimize the decrease of the share of public transport in the modal split• Decrease travel time (within the capital, commuting, intra regional)• Reduce the environmental load of transport

Name: transit traffic on the main roads of the capital’s center (car/day)Definition: availableSource: Hungarian Road Management CompanyBaseline: available

Name: share of public transport in modal split (%)Definition: availableSource: Institute for Transport SciencesBaseline: available (trend of previous period)

Name: length of new roadsDefinition: availableSource: beneficiariesTarget value: X km

Name: length of reconstructed roadsDefinition: availableSource: beneficiariesTarget value: X km

Name: length of new bike lanesDefinition: availableSource: beneficiariesTarget value: X km

267 M EUR

Priority: Development of transport system

What do you want to change? Result indicator Output indicator Allocation

• Decrease transit traffic in the capital’s center • Minimize the decrease of the share of public transport in the modal split• Decrease travel time (within the capital, commuting, intra regional)• Reduce the environmental load of transport

Name: PM 10 pollution (fine particle)Definition: availableSource: Regional Environmental AuthorityBaseline: available

Name: average travel time (min) for predetermined reference routesDefinition: GPS based travel time Source: survey (Managing Authority)Baseline: results of the first survey

Name: length of new bus lanesDefinition: availableSource: beneficiariesTarget value: X km

Name: number of newly installed traffic control and passenger information systemsDefinition: availableSource: beneficiariesTarget value: X

267 M EUR

• Determining the connection between output and result indicators

• How can we measure the contribution of an output indicator to the change in the result indicator?

• What if there is no change in the result indicator although the output indicators show progress

Connecting output to result

1. Length of new roads Decrease of transit traffic on the main roads of the capital’s center

We expect that the transit traffic moves to the new roads (bypass) But it depends on several internal factors:• length and capacity of the new road, additional timeExternal factors also have large effects on the results:• fuel prices, congestion charge

Data source and measurement is important to define at the very start : surveys, traffic counts

Connecting output to result

2. Length of new bike lanes Decrease in PM 10 pollution

We expect that people will use their bike instead of their car.

• Number of cyclists and PM 10 pollution should be regularly measured at new bike lanes.

• Surveys should be used as well to find out whether cyclists using new lanes switched from car to bike.

Connecting output to result

• Broad agreement on desired changes is crucial • Focused vs. ambitious changes

• Start to prepare early• Very important to define already at the start what and how

would be measured• Monitoring and evaluation requires adequate and available

databases

Lessons of the pilot project

Thank you for your attention!