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Welcome to the Sustainability Performance Measures User's Guide 1
Chapter 1
Welcome to the Sustainability Performance Measures User's Guide
Many transportation
ABOUT THIS GUIDE
agencies are
recognizing the Many transportation agencies are recognizing the importance of
importance of sustainability--in terms of concern for the environment,
sustainability--in community health and vitality, and economic development, now
terms of concern for and into the future. However, these agencies often struggle to
the environment,
community health and apply sustainability in their core activities. This guidebook
vitality, and economic provides a flexible framework through which transportation
development, now agencies can apply the concepts of sustainability through
and into the future. performance measurement. NCHRP Project 8-74, "Sustainability
Performance Measures for State DOTs and Other Transportation
Agencies," includes this guidebook, the enclosed CD-ROM, and
a research report. The research report forms the basis for the
research approach and is available at the NCHRP Project 8-74
website. The research report offers
· Background on sustainability definitions and issues,
· Theory on how to apply sustainability,
· Performance measurement for sustainability, and
· Detailed references and resource material.
The guidebook will help you, your partners who are familiar with
how sustainability applies to your work and are ready to design
performance measures, and other transportation professionals:
· Establish and use sustainability performance measures to
evaluate your programs and
