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NCHRP Report 708: A Guidebook for Sustainability Performance Measurement for Transportation Agencies (2011)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)

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Ramani, Tara, Potter, Joanne, DeFlorio, Josh, Zietsman, Josias, Reeder, Virginia, Transportation Research Board. "Understand Where You Are Starting From." NCHRP Report 708: A Guidebook for Sustainability Performance Measurement for Transportation Agencies. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2011.

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Front Matter (R1-R10)
About This Guide (1-1)
How Is It Organized? (2-2)
Guiding Principles of Sustainability (3-3)
Sustainability and Sustainable Transportation (4-7)
Using Performance Measures for Sustainability (8-9)
Understand Why You Are Doing This (10-10)
Understand Where You Are Starting From (11-12)
Phasing in a Performance Measurement Approach (13-13)
Fundamental Components (14-14)
Auxiliary Components (15-15)
Step 1 - Understanding Sustainability (16-16)
Step 2 - Developing Transportation Sustainability Goals (17-20)
Step 3 - Developing Objectives (21-21)
Step 4 - Developing Performance Measures (22-23)
Step 5 - Implementing Performance Measures (24-26)
Step 6 - Refining the Framework and Applying Feedback (27-27)
Compendium of Objectives and Performance Measures (28-30)
Workshop Materials to Facilitate Performance Measurement Development (31-31)
Chapter 7 - Sustainability Measures Checklist (32-33)
What Are Some Agencies Doing? (34-45)
Rating Systems for Sustainability (46-46)
Summary (47-47)
Additional Resources (48-49)
Appendix A - Defining Sustainability for Your Agency (50-53)
Appendix B - Performance Measures Compendium (54-120)
Appendix C - Electronic Compendium User Instructions (121-126)
Appendix D - Sustainability Performance Measure Examples (127-162)
Appendix E - Data Sources (163-164)
Appendix F - Case Studies and Rating System Summaries (165-186)
Appendix G - Project Overview and Interactive Workshop Material (187-188)
Appendix H - Glossary (189-191)
References (192-192)
Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications (193-193)