1. Improved Indicators for Sustainable Transport & Land Use Planning Final workshop of the DISTILLATE programme Great Minster House, London Tuesday 22 nd January 2008 Dr Greg Marsden ITS, University of Leeds

2. To develop approaches for – Designing a monitoring strategy – Selecting suitable indicators – Using them consistently across sectors Objectives

3. Key Problems

4. 3 Best Practice Guides Designing a monitoring strategy Advice on selecting indicators Monitoring across sectors & spatial levels

5. Designing a monitoring strategy How to establish/review/use a monitoring framework – The types of indicators you can measure – What you can use monitoring for – How to fit monitoring together – How to prioritise what to monitor – How the guide has been used

6. Application of monitoring Performance management Benchmarking Communication with public Communication with politicians – Other agencies/departments

7. Types of indicators Cost – the money spent to acquire the resources (e.g. transport plan expenditure) Input – the resources employed to provide the service (e.g. amount of tarmac laid) Output – the service provided to the public (e.g. the number of bus miles run) Intermediate outcome – the changes to the transport system that can be observed (e.g. the number of bus users, the number of kilometers travelled) Outcome – the actual impact and the value of the service delivery – i.e. achievement of objectives (e.g. delay per person kilometre)

8. Designing a monitoring strategy

9. Advice on selecting indicators

10. New challenges are emerging How do we identify and justify new indicators? Audit – Is it clearly defined? – Is the indicator largely controllable by management actions? – Is it measurable? – Will it respond to policy interventions in a reasonable time frame? – Is it easy to understand and communicate? – Issues of disaggregating, time series and targets

11. Monitoring across sectors & spatial levels Advice on: When to standardise measurement What to standardise Importance of data management How to integrate with broader ‘policy’ Use of information in partnership working

12. NumberIndicatorPolicy Area NI 47People killed or seriously injured in road traffic accidentsSafer Communities NI 48Children killed or seriously injured in road traffic accidentsSafer Communities NI 167Congestion – average journey time per mile during the morning peak Local Economy NI 168Principal roads where maintenance should be consideredLocal Economy NI 169Non-principal roads where maintenance should be considered Local Economy NI 175Access to services and facilities by public transport, walking and cycling Local Economy NI 176Working age people with access to employment by public transport (and other specified modes) Local Economy NI 177Local bus passenger journeys originating in the authority area Local Economy NI 178Bus services running on timeLocal Economy NI 198Children traveling to school – mode of travel usually usedEnvironmental Sustainability Case Study: New Performance Framework

13. Examples Environment – NI 186 CO 2 /capita emissions in the LA area Education – NI 91 Participation of 17 year olds in education or training Fear of crime – NI 17 Perceptions of anti-social behaviour

14. Questions? Contact Dr Greg Marsden Institute for Transport Studies G.R.Marsden@its.leeds.ac.uk Tel: 0113 343 5358 www.distillate.ac.uk