PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR RIDESHARING PROJECTS. VOLUME I - PROJECT EVALUATION PROGRAM

As the federal (FHWA/UMTA/DOE/EPA) dollar commitment to ridesharing wanes, the slack must be picked up by state and local funds. Thus, for many program managers, the ability to prove the cost-effectiveness of their programs is not just a matter of pride, but of survival. This means that for ridesharing to flourish in a competitive atmosphere, the program managers must arm themselves to compete with other Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) measures for funds. The primary emphasis in this report is the implementation of techniques to produce the numbers required to "prove your case" in the reports developed for program evaluation (and program defense) purposes; for example, the reports required by funding agencies and/or presentation to City Councils and the like. Because of the localized nature of the reporting system, development of the wording and format of these specialized reports and presentations will be an individual matter and thus outside the scope of this report. The Introduction section of this report outlines ridesharing evaluation needs. The second section describes the overall evaluation approach and the rationale behind its development. The third describes "how to work through the numbers". The fourth addresses the problem of implementation. Appendix A contains a "typical" example evaluation, Appendix B an evaluation of the Texas Vanpool Project, and C the development of the evaluation percentiles.

• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/54124
• Corporate Authors:

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, 1600 E Lamar Boulevard
  Arlington, TX  United States  76011

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Safety and Traffic Operations, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Maxwell, D A
  • PETERSEN, H C
  • Petersen, R L
• Publication Date: 1984-1

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices;
• Pagination: v.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost effectiveness; Evaluation; Finance; Financing; Implementation; Quality of work; Reports; Ridesharing; Statistics
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Research; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00485281
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 31 1989 12:00AM