Research

Completed Project

Economic Competitiveness – Performance Measures for Transportation (Phase 1)

June 1st, 2007 - May 31st, 2008

Principal Investigators

• Dr. Robert E. Paaswell
• Dr. Joseph Berechman
• Dr. Jonathan R. Peters

Institutions

• CUNY Institute for Urban Systems
• City University of New York

Sponsors

• New York State Department of Transportation
• Research and Innovative Technology Administration / USDOT

This project was cosponsored by the Research and Innovative Technology Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation through the University Transportation Centers program.

Reports

Final Report: Economic Competitiveness – Performance Measures for Transportation (Phase 1)

Project publications may be ordered by contacting Dr. Ellen Thorson.

Project Overview

The research is intended to fully develop two (2) annual, statewide, multi-modal, easily understood Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) that the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) can use to measure the state transportation system’s contribution to Economic Competitiveness. The measures should assess how all transportation policies, considering all modes, have affected macro level outcome measures such as statewide employment, income gains, and costs to customers. They must be able to guide the Department’s investments while being pragmatic in terms of the ability to gather data at a reasonable cost within two years. The project must develop the methodology to obtain data for these KPI’s on a continuous, annual basis at a reasonable cost.