Goal 5

Statement

Provide an acceptable level of mobility for personal travel and freight movement throughout the regional transportation network and adequate access to locations throughout the region.

Description

The transportation system must perform to provide mobility and access. This goal ranges from meeting overall travel demand, easing movement through the region, providing access to land-uses throughout the region and to providing an accessible system with removal of barriers to personal mobility.

Source

Metropolitan Transportation Plan

Supported by

Improve Transportation System reliability

Associated Performance Measures

CategoryNumberPerformance Measure
Throughput - Freight5Freight volume; travel-times on key corridors
Throughput - Passengers8Passenger trips per vehicle revenue hour and mile; passenger load (ridership/capacity)
Throughput - Vehicles7Vehicle volume per hour
Travel-TIme Reliability2Travel-time index; planning time index; buffer time index; on-time transit performance