A Framework for Urban Transport Benchmarking

Henning, Theuns ; Essakali, Mohammed Dalil ; Oh, Jung Eun

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ACCESSIBILITY;    ACCIDENT RATES;    ACCIDENTS;    AIR;    AIR POLLUTION;   

RP-ID  :  70091

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This report summarizes the findings of astudy aimed at exploring key elements of a benchmarkingframework for urban transport. Unlike many industries wherebenchmarking has proven to be successful andstraightforward, the multitude of the actors andinteractions involved in urban transport systems may makebenchmarking a complex endeavor. It was therefore importantto analyze what has been done so far, propose basicbenchmarking elements and test them, and identify lessonsfor a simple and sustainable urban transport benchmarkingframework. A major component of this study was toinvestigate (a) the availability of data for benchmarkingand (b) the value of benchmarking on the basis of limiteddata. The study therefore proposes a benchmarking frameworkfor urban transport, focusing on the performance of publictransport. Because the design of a benchmarking frameworkdepends on the objectives sought from it, the study focusedon the performance of public transport systems from thepolicymaker s perspective. The study included pilotapplication of the proposed framework in five cities fromthree continents Beijing, Bucharest, Cape Town, Colombo, andSingapore. The pilot application and comparative analysishelped gauge applicability and practicality of the proposed framework.