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Table 2 Assessment criteria and performance indicators

From: Assessment of energy efficiency and sustainability scenarios in the transport system

Criteria categories

Sub-criteria

Base performance indicator

Efficiency and security of energy supply

Reducing total energy consumption

Total energy consumption (toE)

Reducing import dependence

% of energy from imports

Increasing% of renewables

% of energy from renewable sources

Reducing energy consumption per unit of transport/economic activity

toE/trip

toE/GDP

Environmental

Global warming

CO2/pers-km, t-km

total CO2

PM/NOx emissions

PM/NOx emissions (urban/rural area)

Traffic noise emissions

Noise emitted (urban/rural area)

Social

Increasing transport safety

Total deaths/injuries

Improving equity

Territorial cohesion indicators of accessibility, GDP & employment

Competitiveness

Changes in accessibility

% change (each mode)

Increasing regional GDP

% change in GDP

Increasing employment rates

% change in unemployment rates

Decoupling transport and GDP growth

(%GDP growth-%transport growth)