A good example of bad transportation performance evaluation: a critique of the Fraser Institute report, 'Transportation performance of the Canadian provinces'
Performance evaluation refers to a process of monitoring and analysis to determine how well organizations perform with regard to their intended goals and objectives. This provides useful guidance for planning and management decisions. Performance evaluation must be carefully structured to accurately reflect goals. Inappropriate or incomplete evaluation can misdiagnose problems and result in bad decisions. This paper discusses transportation performance evaluation concepts and methods, and critiques the 2008 report, Transportation Performance of the Canadian Provinces by Hartgen, Chadwick and Fields. That report uses a unique set of 23 indicators to evaluate the Canadian transport system. A few of these indicators are appropriate and widely used, but several are ambiguous and biased, and some are illogical. This paper examines these indicators and evaluates their appropriateness for planning and management applications.
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Corporate Authors:
Victoria Transport Policy Institute
Victoria, British Columbia Canada -
Authors:
- Litman, T
- Publication Date: 2008-11
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 15p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Evaluation; Management; Methodology; Performance measurement; Transportation departments
- Uncontrolled Terms: Planning and Environment; Transport management and Security
- Geographic Terms: Canada
- ATRI Terms: Evaluation; Methodology; Performance indicators; Transport authority; Transport management
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01383804
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: ARRB
- Files: ATRI
- Created Date: Aug 22 2012 3:53PM