The Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP) recommends that transportation agencies and governments consider the needs and desires of all users of the transportation system in line with a commitment to complete streets. To accomplish this, APBP recommends the use of multimodal performance measures that reflect community goals.
A holistic set of performance measures should derive from the goals of the community as determined through robust public engagement. Goals should consider the following themes and recognize the ways in which they are interconnected:
- Safety
- Public Health
- Access and Mobility
- Environmental
- Economic vitality
- Equity
- Livable places
Performance measures should leverage both quantitative and qualitative analyses. Data collection and analysis methods should recognize that community engagement and qualitative information are valuable. Both types of information help decision makers and the public to understand trade-offs between alternatives and guide decisions that best align with community goals. Furthermore, performance measures and transportation data should be accessible to the public.
Goals and performance measures should apply to a wide variety of project types and at multiple tasks and checkpoints throughout the project.
We recently published our Performance Measures Policy Statement. The full statement can be accessed here.