Tools for a Sustainable Transit Agency

Authors

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

2018

Subject Area

policy - sustainable, technology - management information systems

Keywords

Administration and Management, Environment, Public Transportation

Abstract

TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Research Report 197: Tools for a Sustainable Transit Agency explores the development of practical tools for improving sustainability at transit agencies:

• The Sustainability Routemap: An interactive PDF, similar to a website, that guides the user to improve a transit agency’s sustainability program through application of change management principles, best practice examples, and references to online tools.
• The Sustainability Checklist
• The S+ROI Calculator: An Excel workbook that quantitatively evaluates potential sustainability projects in terms of financial, social, and environmental returns.
• The S+ROI Calculator BRT Example
• The S+ROI Calculator Solar Panel Example

Rights

Permission to publish the abstract has been given by Transportation Research Board, Washington, copyright remains with them.

Recommended Citation

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (2018). Tools for a Sustainable Transit Agency, TCRP Research Report 197, pp. 97. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/25042.