matthew dalbey
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Slides presented at the 2011 Urban Systems Symposium.TRANSCRIPT
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Performance Measures for Sustainable Community Approaches
Matthew Dalbey, US EPA Office of Sustainable Communities
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FEDERAL POLICIES AND INVESTMENTS SHAPE LOCAL SUSTAINABILITY OUTCOMES
2Buena Park, CA© Ron Chapple/Corbis
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FEDERAL POLICIES, LOCAL OUTCOMES• Are HUD housing investments targeted to locations near jobs centers or well served by transit?
• Are EPA investments – water SRF, brownfields assessments/clean ups, etc… – serving existing communities or promoting new greenfield development?
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HUD DOT EPA PARTNERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES (PSC)
• Formed: June 2009• Mission: To help American families in all communities — rural, suburban and urban — gain better access to affordable housing, more transportation options, and lower transportation costs. • Method: Coordinate investments and align policies
PSC Livability Principles
• Provide more transportation choices• Promote equitable, affordable housing• Enhance economic competitiveness• Support existing communities• Coordinate and leverage federal policies
and investment• Value communities and neighborhoods
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Are outcomes consistent with the Livability Principles?
Principle #1 –More Transportation Choices
Develop more convenient reliable, safe and economical transportation alternatives
% of commute trips by
bicycle or foot
Key strategies… Indicators of progress…
Broad goals…
Improved Public Health
Reduced Oil Dependence
Improved Air Quality
Reduced GHG
Emissions
Lower HH Transportatio
n Costs
Expand transit services Transit trips
per capita
Increase % of new homes built near
employment/activity centers
VMT per capita
Improve transit performance
Increase % of new homes built near
transit
Unique to this Principle
Shared by another principle
PSC and Performance Measures
• Focus attention• Promote accountability• Promote informed decision making• Transform discourse• Make funding contingent upon continued
progress• Rural and urban difference• Pilot the use of performance measures in
a subset of the communities receiving assistance