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Thoughts on performance measurement resources/methods?

In recent years, performance measurement has become a hot topic in transportation, particularly at the state and federal levels. Several guidebooks and references have been developed on this topic—for example, FHWA has developed several guidebooks on operations performance measures, EPA is preparing to release a new guidebook on sustainable transportation performance measures, and TCAPP includes a performance measurement framework.

Has anybody used any of these types of resources? What information have you found to be helpful/not helpful?

Are there other resources on this topic that would be useful?

Does anybody know of any real-world, applied examples of the use of performance measures that they could share?

Is there any particular aspect/phase of transportation decision making that it is problematic to measure?