GREENDOT PERFORMANCE STRUCTURE:
OUTCOME MODEL AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES
GreenDOT Outcome Model
MassDOT Inputs and Activities: Direct
MassDOT actions
Immediate Impacts: Changes resulting
from MassDOT actions
Invest in expanding and improving transit, walking,
and bicycling infrastructure
Community has access to transit, walking, and
bicycling infrastructure
Educate travelers on safe and sustainable travel
behavior
Walking, bicycling, and transit are safe and convenient
Invest in alternative fuel infrastructure
Educate driving public about vehicle choices and
eco-driving practices
Invest in intelligent traffic management systems and
operational improvements
Update
business
specifications,
processes
policies,
and
Train MassDOT staff
Invest in improved energy, water, and recycling
systems
Improve sustainable procurement practices
Figure 2-3: GreenDOT Outcomes Model
Drivers have access to alternative fuel infrastructure
Drivers are aware of travel choices, and the benefits
and impacts of different choices
Drivers are aware of efficient eco-driving practices
Final Impacts: Outcomes related to
GreenDOT goals
Trips shift to walking, bicycling, and public
transit
MA drivers use more efficient vehicles
Transportation Sector Outcomes:
Transportation sector GHG emissions are
reduced and public health is improved
Vehicles driven on MA roads use lower
carbon fuels
MA road network allows vehicles to operate
as efficiently as possible
Network managed to reduce delays
Staff and travelers have access to recycling
infrastructure
MassDOT activities reduce waste
Facilities are built and operated to be energy and
resource efficient
MassDOT’s impacts on water quality and
habitat are reduced
Purchasing decisions favor environmentally
preferable goods and services
System infrastructure and operations protect
wildlife and preserve water quality
Vehicles are fuel efficient and driven in a way that
maximizes efficiency
MassDOT
suppliers
minimize
environmental impacts
MassDOT Internal Business
Outcomes: MassDOT’s environmental
footprint is reduced
their
MassDOT facilities and fleets produce less
GHG emissions
Top photo: MBTA customers using the Pedal and Park facility at Alewife Station (photo courtesy of the MBTA)
Bottom photo: MassDOT crew using warm-mix asphalt
February 2015
Proposed Performance Measures for GreenDOT
Transportation Sector
Performance Management
Final impact/outcome measures
Massachusetts transportation sector CO2 emissions,
total and per capita
Commuter mode split
Bicycle and pedestrian miles traveled*
Person miles traveled (PMT) on transit
Daily vehicle miles traveled
Fatalities and injuries by mode
Intermediate impact measures
The percentage of Massachusetts residents with access
to transit services and pedestrian and bicycle facilities
Percentage of boardings using Charlie Cards
MBTA on-time performance
Percentage of toll revenue collected through E-ZPass
Highway congestion measures*
Nominal fuel efficiency of Massachusetts fleet*
Length of existing pedestrian and bicycle facilities
Bicycle parking facilities at transit stations*
MassDOT input and activity measures
Regional Transit Authorities’ revenue miles and hours
Number of E-ZPass accounts
MassDOT ITS expenditures and projects
Number of Drive Smart and Save campaign events
Number employed by MassRides participant
organizations
MassDOT smart growth development projects
Number of pedestrian/bicycle design exception
approvals
Capital expenditures on bicycle and pedestrian
infrastructure*
Capital expenditures on public transit
Capital expenditures on total motor vehicle
infrastructure
MassDOT Internal Business
Performance Management
Final impact/outcome measures
GHG emissions from MassDOT fixed assets
GHG emissions from MassDOT fleets
Intermediate impact measures
Facility water consumption*
Energy use by MassDOT fixed assets
Energy use by MassDOT fleets
Weather normalized salt usage
Average energy used per passenger trip on the MBTA
transit system
Electricity generated by renewable resources on
MassDOT properties as a fraction of MassDOT
electricity consumption*
MassDOT input and activity measures
Area of land transferred for recreation/conservation
Ratio of warm mix asphalt to hot mix asphalt on
MassDOT projects
Installed capacity of renewable energy generation on
MassDOT assets
Expenditure on environmentally preferable goods and
services*
Completion of facility audits and upgrades under the
Accelerated Energy Program
Numbers of hybrids and plug-in vehicles purchased*
Nominal fuel efficiency of new on road non-revenue
vehicle purchases*
Efficiency of new revenue vehicles*
Number of electronic RMV transactions*
Figure 2-4: Proposed performance measures for GreenDOT
February 2015
*These measures
require
improvements in
data collection
or calculation
methodologies
before being
used as part of
the performance
management
framework