Advancing Active Transportation Project Evaluation

California is making substantial investments in active transportation (AT), including the statewide Active Transportation Program (ATP). Evaluation is critical for understanding the return on these investments. Through collaboration with California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) developed the California AT Benefit-Cost Tool (or “the BC Tool,” which differs from a conventional benefit-cost tool in that the costs are given by the user and the benefits are calculated independently and not monetized) to fill the gap of no method for standard AT benefit estimation. Today the California Transportation Commission (CTC) is assessing the BC Tool for ATP program-level estimates of changes in safety, physical activity, local pollutants, and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The BC Tool is also an available framework and model for uniform project-level ATP assessment across the State. However, the tool currently does not consider local data on walking and bicycling, limiting its usefulness for estimating realized benefits of completed projects. In this project, the researchers will conduct data collection and analysis to supplement the BC tool.

• Record URL:
  https://ncst.ucdavis.edu/project/advancing-active-transportation-project-evaluation

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $105248
• Contract Numbers:

  DOT 69A3552348319

  DOT 69A3552344814

  Caltrans 65A0686 Task Order 083

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  National Center for Sustainable Transportation

  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States 

  California Department of Transportation

  1227 O Street
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95843
• Managing Organizations:

  National Center for Sustainable Transportation

  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States 

  University of California, Davis

  1 Shields Ave
  Davis, California  United States  95616
• Project Managers:

  Iacobucci, Lauren

• Performing Organizations:

  National Center for Sustainable Transportation

  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States 

  University of California, Davis

  1 Shields Ave
  Davis, California  United States  95616
• Principal Investigators:

  Fitch-Polse, Dillon

• Start Date: 20240402
• Expected Completion Date: 20241231
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Bicycle travel; Greenhouse gases; Nonmotorized transportation; Pedestrian safety; Walking
• Geographic Terms: California
• Subject Areas: Economics; Environment; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01914510
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Center for Sustainable Transportation
• Contract Numbers: DOT 69A3552348319, DOT 69A3552344814, Caltrans 65A0686 Task Order 083
• Files: UTC, RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 15 2024 2:01PM