Critical Issue Metric Potential Data Source Policy Implication and Use Congestion Energy, Environment and Climate Change Equity Human and Intellectual Capital URBAN LIVABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY METRICS Identifies areas that need multimodal investment, planning resources to improve multimodality MULTIMODAL ACCESS Percentage of urban households with (non-car) access to public transit (within threshold time TBD) National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) Percent of commuters walking, biking, using public transport etc by metro area (commuter mode split) American Community Survey (ACS) Non-work trip mode split NHTS Transit capital and operating program by urbanized area National Transit Database (NTD) CAR OWNERSHIP Percentage of urban households with no cars Several – NHTS or Consumer Expenditure Survey (CEX) Percentage of zero-car urban households within 15 minutes (non-car) access time to public transit NHTS Auto loan delinquencies for 60+ days TransUnion Trend Data INTERMODAL CONNECTIVITY Percent of metropolitan- area (light, heavy and commuter) rail stations and airline terminals with intermodal connectivity to other modes BTS Intermodal Passenger Connectivity Database COST AND EXPENSE Annual expense on gas by urban households CEX Total transportation expenditure by urban households CEX Annual finance charges by urban households CEX Commuting time for workers ACS Transportation Expenditure and travel time by low-wage workers, those in job-training CEX and NHTS Fatalities of children going to school Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) Percent of children walking to school NHTS/local travel - activity surveys/school surveys Energy, URBAN VULNERABILITY METRICS Identifies potential
provide data on fatal and nonfatal injury and the cost of injury. The database includes information on intent of injury, cause of injury, injured body part, type of injury, geographic location of site of injury, and the sex, race/ethnicity and age of the injured person. program and policy decisions. 4) CRIME Violent crime per 1000 population by city (for urban area > 100,000 population) FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Motor vehicle theft per 100,000 population (for urban area > 100,000 population) FBI Uniform Crime Reporting NATURAL DISASTER AND ENVIRONMENTAL VULNERABILITY Counts of major disasters (definitions TBD) over last 10 years by city/urban area – major earthquakes Eg, NOAA Community Vulnerability Assessment Tool, RWIS, NOAA weather database Greenhouse Gas Emission (not sure if this is available by breakdown smaller than country level from any one source) EPA U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory Archive gives breakdown by GHG source and type (for example, fossil fuel for CO2) Emergency Preparedness Congestion Infrastructure Energy, Environment, Climate Change URBAN SOCIAL MEDIA INVOLVEMENT AND USER METRICS Identifies area-readiness to new and innovative technologies and “smart” transportation strategies Residential fixed broadband (different upload and download speeds) per 1000 households (by city or urban area) Federal Communications Commission Cell phone spending breakdowns by age, gender etc (urban area by state) CEX Mobile phones per household NHTS Internet and other services spending (phone cards, pager services, and, beginning in 2007, Voice over CEX