Abstract
The lack of funding to meet identified transportation needs, the controversial nature of transportation investment decisions, and the increasing demand by stakeholders to be involved in transportation programming have driven the need to develop effective evaluation criteria within decision processes. The Northeast Area Transportation Study (NEATS), performed by the city of Sacramento, California, incorporated a process in which stakeholders, representing a broad cross section of interests, developed quantitative evaluation criteria to prioritize projects for design and construction. In addition, a set of existing citywide quantitative evaluation criteria was used to prioritize the NEATS projects. Despite the significant differences in the two sets of criteria, the results of the two rankings were very similar. After comparing the criteria, it was concluded both are appropriate for their intended uses. Observations are offered for developing and applying evaluation criteria.
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