Measuring state highway sustainability: Taking the fiscal dimension into account Article

Chen, C. (2014). Measuring state highway sustainability: Taking the fiscal dimension into account . PUBLIC WORKS MANAGEMENT & POLICY, 19(3), 255-276. 10.1177/1087724X14528475

cited authors

  • Chen, C

authors

abstract

  • Sustainability is vital to the future of America's transportation infrastructure. Achieving a sustainable highway system contributes to overall transportation development. This article focuses on the development of a sustainability index that can be used to measure and benchmark state highway transportation systems. The index was derived from a principal components analysis (PCA) of 2007 U.S. state highway systems data. Seventeen variables measuring four dimensions of highway sustainability were utilized to derive a composite index. This study finds a wide variation in highway sustainability across the U.S. states and regions. The PCA-based index provides a simple and robust measure of state highway sustainability, enables benchmarking and tracking state highway performance, and helps states identify viable strategies for addressing the challenges toward a sustainable highway transportation system. © The Author(s) 2014.

publication date

  • July 1, 2014

published in

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

start page

  • 255

end page

  • 276

volume

  • 19

issue

  • 3