Portland Multimodal Performance Measures
Incorporates multimodal performance into the City's transportation evaluation practices.
Quick Facts
Typical city performance measure standards are oriented around auto performance
Project takes a more holistic view of transportation performance by developing methods to measure multimodal travel, including walking, biking, and taking transit
Developed 22 multimodal performance measures from pedestrian and bicycle connectivity to safety, duration of congestion, and a ‘green transportation’ hierarchy across three levels of planning: system planning, corridor planning and development review
Results
Project helps the City move from evaluating its transportation system from an auto-centric perspective to a people-centric perspective
No matter what mode, the City is able to measure whether or not its transportation system is meeting Portland’s day-to-day needs and determine where investments should be made to improve all modes of transportation
Prepared a comprehensive framework of updated policies and standards required to measure the performance of the City of Portland’s multimodal transportation system
Hosted a meeting with experts from across the country to explore options and implications, including emerging policies and other city models
Led the discussion that examined matching performance measures to geographic scales, solving location issues, a hierarchy of modes, accounting for land use, and measuring congestion versus quality and comfort
Evaluated performance measure options and prototype examples to reach recommendations and draft policy language