| Performance Objectives |
Performance Indicators |
Period of Measurement |
Location, Source and Frequency of Measurement |
Target |
City Influence |
| 1. Limit motor vehicle traffic growth |
| (a) Reduce motor vehicle use per capita |
Individual automobile use (vehicle-km per capita) |
Year |
To be determined |
TBD |
Medium |
| Relative growth in traffic volumes (% change in volumes /
% change in population) |
Afternoon peak period |
Aggregated key screenlines (counts, annual) |
Less than 1.0 |
Medium |
| (b) Increase motor vehicle occupancy rates |
Auto occupancy (persons per vehicle) |
Afternoon peak period |
a) Aggregated key screenlines (counts, annual)
b) City-wide (origindestination survey, every 10 years)
|
Not less than 1.3 (both screenline and city-wide |
Low |
| 2. Increase transit use |
| (a) Increase transit ridership per capita |
Transit passenger volumes (rides per capita) |
Year |
City-wide (counts, counts) |
200 |
High |
| Transit modal split (% of motorized trips) |
Afternoon peak period |
a) Key screenlines (counts, annual)
b) City-wide (origindestination survey, every 10 years)
|
a) Ref. Figure 3.7
b) 30%
|
High |
| (b) Increase service availability |
Proximity to employment (% of jobs within 400 m walk of 10-minute headway
service in peak periods) |
Morning peak period |
City-wide (employment survey, every 5 years) |
TBD |
High |
| Service level (vehicle-km per capita) |
Year |
City-wide (service statistics, annual) |
TBD |
High |
| (c) Increase service speed and reliability |
Intersection approaches with transit signal priority (number) |
N/A |
City-wide (inventory, annual) |
TBD |
High |
| Completion of transit priority network (%) |
N/A |
City-wide (inventory, annual) |
100% |
High |
| Average vehicle speed (vehicle-km per vehicle-hr) |
Year |
City-wide (service statistics, annual) |
TBD |
Medium |
| On-time performance (to be determined) |
TBD |
TBD |
TBD |
Medium |
| Cancelled trips (% of scheduled trips) |
Year |
City-wide (service statistics, annual) |
TBD |
High |
| Completion of rapid transit network (%) |
N/A |
City-wide (inventory, annual) |
100% |
High |
| (d) Increase user comfort and convenience |
Shelter provision (% of stops) |
N/A |
City-wide (inventory, annual) |
TBD |
High |
| 3. Increase cycling |
| (a) Increase cycling modal share |
Cycling modal share (% of all trips) |
Afternoon peak period |
a) Inner Area cordon (counts, annual)
b) City-wide (origindestination survey, every 10 years)
|
TBD (cordon)
a) 3% (city-wide)
|
Medium |
| Cycling activity index (bicycles per 100 motorized vehicles) |
8 hours (morning, midday & afternoon peak periods) |
Urban area (counts, biannual) |
TBD |
Medium |
| (b) Increase availability of cycling facilities |
Completion of Urban Cycling Transportation Network (%) |
N/A |
City-wide (annual) |
100% |
High |
| 4. Increase walking |
| (a) Increase walking modal share |
Walking modal share (% of all trips) |
Afternoon peak period |
a) Central Area cordon (counts, annual)
b) City-wide (OD survey, every 10 years)
|
b) TBD (cordon)
c) 10% (city-wide)
|
Medium |
| (b) Increase availability of walking facilities |
Sidewalk coverage (% of arterial and collector roads with sidewalks or
pathways on both sides) |
N/A |
Urban + villages (annual) |
TBD |
High |
| 5. Reduce unwanted social and environmental
effects |
| (a) Reduce air emissions from transportation |
Greenhouse gas emissions from passenger travel (kg per capita) |
Year |
City-wide (annual) |
TBD |
Medium |
| NOx emissions from passenger travel (kg per capita) |
Year |
City-wide (annual) |
TBD |
Low to medium |
| (b) Reduce road salt use |
Road salt usage (tonnes) |
Year |
City-wide (annual) |
N/A |
High |
| (c) Reduce road surface per capita |
Road surface area (square metres per capita) |
N/A |
City-wide (annual) |
N/A |
Medium to high |
| 6. Optimize use of existing system |
| (a) Increase capacity |
Transportation system management coverage (% of arterial road traffic
signals with real-time optimization measures) |
N/A |
City-wide (annual) |
TBD |
High |
| (b) Increase transit efficiency |
Transit efficiency (passenger-km per vehicle-km) |
Year |
City-wide (annual) |
N/A |
Medium to high |
| (c) Spread peak travel demands - roads |
Peak period factor for roads (% of daily person-trips in a.m. + p.m. peak
periods) |
N/A |
Aggregated key screenlines (counts, annual) |
N/A |
Low to medium |
| (d) Spread peak travel demands - transit |
Peak period factor for transit (% of daily person-trips in a.m. + p.m.
peak periods) |
N/A |
Aggregated key screenlines (counts, annual) |
N/A |
Low to medium |
| 7. Manage transportation assets |
| (a) Maintain adequate condition of road, Transitway and structures |
Major infrastructure condition (% of road, Transitway and structure lane-km
meeting or exceeding Performance Indicator Acceptability Benchmarks) |
N/A |
City-wide (annual) |
100% |
High |
| (b) Maintain adequate condition of walking and cycling infrastructure |
Walking and cycling infrastructure condition (% of sidewalk and cycling
network meeting or exceeding Performance Indicator Acceptability Benchmarks) |
N/A |
City-wide (annual) |
100% |
High |
| (c) Maintain adequate condition of transit fleet |
Average vehicle age (years) |
N/A |
City-wide (annual) |
9 yr |
High |
| 8. Improve transportation safety |
| (a) Reduce death and injury from collisions |
Road injuries (number) |
Year |
City-wide (annual) |
30% reduction by 2010 |
Medium |
| Road fatalities (number) |
Year |
City-wide (annual) |
30% reduction by 2010 |
Medium |
| (b) Increase walking safety |
Reported pedestrian collisions (number) |
Year |
City-wide (annual) |
30% reduction by 2010 |
Medium |
| (c) Increase cycling safety |
Reported cyclist collisions (number) |
Year |
City-wide (annual) |
30% reduction by 2010 |
Medium |
| 9. Enable efficient goods movement |
| (a) Minimize delay for trucks |
Off-peak road congestion (volume/capacity) |
Mid-day period |
At aggregated key screenlines (annual, counts) |
TBD |
Medium |
| 10. Meet mobility needs of persons with
disabilities |
| (a) Increase accessibility of conventional transit service |
Bus accessibility (% of lowfloor buses in fleet) |
N/A |
City-wide (annual) |
100% by 2015 |
High |
| Access to information (% of transit schedule information that is accessible
on Web site) |
N/A |
Annual |
TBD |
High |
| (b) Maintain adequate specialized transit service |
Usage (eligible passenger trips per capita) |
Year |
City-wide (annual) |
TBD |
High |
| (c) Increase accessibility of public rights-of-way |
Pedestrian crossing accessibility (% with depressed curbs) |
N/A |
City-wide (annual) |
TBD |
High |
| Traffic signal accessibility (% with accessibility features) |
N/A |
City-wide (annual) |
TBD |
High |
| Traffic signage accessibility (to be determined) |
TBD |
TBD |
TBD |
High |
| 11. Meet public expectations |
| (a) Increase satisfaction with transportation system |
Public satisfaction with transportation system (% people rating as good
or better)
- Overall
- Walking
- Cycling
- Transit
- General traffic
|
N/A |
City-wide (annual) |
100% |
Medium |
| (b) Ensure transportation funding that is adequate and equitable |
Capital investment (dollars per capita in municipal transportation projects)
- Roads (multimodal)
- Transit facilities and fleet
- Walking facilities
- Cycling facilities
|
Year |
City-wide (annual) |
N/A |
High |
|
Operating investment (dollars per capita in municipal transportation
projects)
- Roads (multimodal, including walking and cycling)
- Transit
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reliance on property tax (% of capital investment derived from property
tax rather than more equitable sources)
- Roads (multimodal)
- Transit facilities and fleet
- Walking facilities
- Cycling facilities
|
Year |
City-wide (annual) |
TBD |
Low |
