Performance Objectives

The trend forecasts in Error! Reference source not found. presented a challenge to achieving the stated New Visions goals.  Reaching the vision depends on the successful outcome of many initiatives and external events.  These include:

 

1.            Successful implementation of physical, operational and institutional actions implied by the New Visions principles and specifically called for by the New Visions strategies and actions.

 

2.            Adequate funding for full implementation of the New Visions plan.

 

3.            Complementary state and national policy actions relating both to the Capital Region's economic competitiveness and to subjects such as vehicle emissions and fuel efficiency standards.

 

4.            Complementary private investment decisions in the Capital Region in the transportation system (rail, air, intercity bus, trucking, communications), in workforce management (telecommuting, demand management, transit pass support, etc.) and in the location and design of residential, commercial and industrial development.

 

5.            Complementary private sector initiatives nationally and internationally to develop and market cleaner, quieter, safer and more fuel-efficient cars and trucks.

 

Text Box: Achieving the goals depends on both the plan and other external events.Table 1 presents achievable performance objectives relative to selected core performance measures; these objectives are achievable if the five conditions stated above are achieved.  It is within the region's grasp to use a combination of transportation, land use and other policies along with private actions and state and national policies to preserve the current strengths of our regional transportation system and address its weaknesses.

 


Table 1: Performance Objectives for Core Measures


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year 2015

Year 2021

Year 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Full Plan

Full Plan

Full Plan

 

Selected Core Measures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2021 Performance Goals

1990

1996

2000

Improvement

Improvement

Improvement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and Qualifications

Conditions

Conditions

Conditions

from 1996

from 1996

from 2000

 

Transportation Service

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACCESS

Percent of PM Peak Hour Trips Transit Accessible

 

 

 

Increase from current levels

18.60%

na

na

aa

na

na

*

 

Percent of PM Peak Hour Trips With Transit Advantage

 

 

 

Increase from current levels

0.40%

na

na

aaaa

na

na

*

 

Percent of PM Peak Hour Trips Accessible by Bicycle

 

 

 

Increse from current levels, and 

28.9% (1995)

na

na

aa

na

na

*

 

 

and Walking

 

 

 

 

 

improve quality of facilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACCESSIBILITY

Travel Time between Representative Locations;

 

 

 

As with congestion measures,

59

64

69

 

rr

r

 

 

   see Appendix;   Sample Time:  Selkirk Yards

 

 

 

maintain close to current times

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   to Saratoga Springs (minutes, PM Peak)

 

 

 

 

and increase predictability

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

CONGESTION

Daily Recurring Excess Person Hours of Delay

 

 

 

Maintain close to current levels

6,546

16,999

26,344

r

rrr

aa

*

 

Excess Person Hours of Peak Hour Delay Per PMT

 

 

 

Maintain close to current levels

1.1

2.4

3.2

a

rrr

a

*

 

Daily Excess Vehicle Hours of Delay by Truck

 

 

 

Maintain close to current per VMT

125

357

553

a

rrr

aaa

*

FLEXIBILITY

Reserve Capacity on the Urban Expressway and Arterial

 

 

 

Accept some decline in exchange

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         System (PM Peak Hour Vehicle Miles of Capacity)

 

 

 

for greater reliability & route,

855,008

772,039

696,552

r

r

r

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mode choice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resource Requirements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SAFETY

Estimated Annual Societal Cost of Transportation

 

 

 

Reduce from current per capita

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accidents, Millions of Dollars ($M)

 

 

 

levels

$510

$685

$810

a

 

a

*

ENERGY

Daily Fuel Consumption (thousands of gallons)

 

 

 

Reduce from current per capita

880

na

na

a

 

a

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

levels

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ECONOMIC

Annual Vehicle Ownership and Operating Costs for

 

 

 

Reduce from current per capita

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COST

   Autos and Trucks, Millions of Dollars ($M)

 

 

 

levels

$696

$815

$901

a

 

a

*

 

Other Monetary Costs of Transport: Highway and

 

 

 

Reduce from current per capita

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Transit Facilities and Service, Parking Facilities,

 

 

 

levels

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Environmental Damage, Millions of Dollars ($M)

 

 

 

 

$779 M

na

na

a

 

a

*

External Effects

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AIR QUALITY

Daily Hydrocarbon (HC) Emissions (kg)

 

 

 

 

Reduce well below

47,632

                  40,840

na

aaaa

aaaa

aaaa

*

 

Daily Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) Emissions (kg)

 

 

 

 

current levels

53,661

                  46,023

na

aaa

aaa

aaa

*

LAND USE

Residential Use Traffic Conflict: Miles at LOC "E" or "F"

 

 

 

Reduce from current levels

82.4

na

na

aaa

aaa

aaa

*

 

Arterial Land Access Conflict: Miles at LOC "E" or "F"

 

 

 

Reduce from current levels

29.9

na

na

aaa

aaa

aaa

*

 

Dislocation of Existing Residences and Businesses

 

 

 

Enhance rather than dislocate

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

existing properties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Community Quality of Life-  Factors that reflect

 

 

 

Contribute significantly

 

 

 

a

a

a

 

 

community quality of life in the central cities,

 

 

 

 

and explicitly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

inner suburbs, outer suburbs, small cities and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

villages, and rural areas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENVIRONMENTAL

Number of Major Environmental Issues to be

 

 

 

Use transportation investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      Resolved to Implement Existing Commitments

 

 

 

to enhance the environment

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

ECONOMIC

How does the transportation system support the

 

 

 

Contribute significantly

 

 

 

a

a

a

 

 

          economic health of the region?

 

 

 

 

and explicitly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

aaaa

Positive impact greater than 50%, future relative to base year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

aaa

Positive impact between 20% and 50%.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

aa

Positive impact between 10 and 20%.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a

Positive impact less than 10% or not quantified.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Negligible impact expected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

r

Negative impact less than 10% or not quantified.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

rr

Negative impact between 10 and 20%.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

rrr

Negative impact between 20 and 50%.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

rrrr

Negative impact greater than 50%, 2015 relative to 1990.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

Indicates impact has been quantified.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Achieving the Core Performance Objectives


Supplemental Performance Objectives