Improved Indicators for Sustainable Transport and Planning Deliverable C1 Sustainable Transport Indicators: Selection and Use

The research brief for this deliverable was to: • complement the scoping study review of indicators with a survey of local authorities ’ experience in measuring, predicting and using indicators; • determine the extent to which current indicators correspond to stakeholders’ understanding of sustainability and quality of life; • specify the requirements for a core set of indicators at each stage in the decision-making process; and • identify a core set of outcome indicators that best meets those requirements The survey work identified a set of concerns surrounding the ways in which indicators are applied in practice. Eight aspects of indicators scored importance levels between fairly and very important and levels of satisfaction between not satisfied and fairly satisfied. These aspects of indicator selection would therefore appear to be of greatest concern to the practitioners. In order of importance, these were: 1. Their use in the development of well-founded targets 2. Cost effectiveness of monitorin