PERFORMANCE METRICS
The Equitable Transportation Fund evaluates the impacts of awarded grants through metrics that are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and timely. They are designed to provide investment direction for future Equitable Transportation Fund Request for Proposal (RFP) by showing progress against fund goals. Within all goal and priority areas, grantees use ETF funds to:
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Support advocacy, especially those with leadership from priority communities.
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Advance just and clean transportation solutions at the local, State, and Federal leve
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These metrics capture a variety of data points that are used to tell multiple story lines of impact. Measurement is based on annual assessment of portfolio data collected during final grant reporting.
Fund Goal
Success Metrics
2025
Target
Transform State DOT Policies.
Transform State Department of Transportation policies and planning to account for transportation's impact on health, climate, and community.
% of grants that do community organizing with training, learning, and policy sessions
94%
96%
% of grants that produce policy recommendations and work to amend accordingly
27%
29%
% of grants that do advocacy campaigns with state-level policymakers
88%
90%
% of grants that focus on reallocating transportation budgets in holistic ways
% of grants that have measurable health, economic, and / or climate outcomes
14%
11%
16%
13%
Accelerate Electrification and VMT Reduction. Accelerate the implementation of transit, electrification, and active transportation within the federal funding landscape.
% of grants that optimize public transit capacity and safety
92%
94%
% of grants that support walking, cycling, and other low-carbon trips
88%
90%
% of grants that pursue local, state, and / or federal transportation funding
88%
90%
% of grants that quantify the shift to new transportation technologies
5%
7%
% of grants that advance equitable implementation of EV tech and infrastructure
33%
35%
Build Coalition Capacity. Build and sustain the capacity of local, regional, and national advocates to advance holistic transportation policies at all levels of governance.
% of grants that directly support community groups working on transportation
% of grants integrate climate justice principles into transportation work
77%
92%
78%
94%
% of grants that build partnerships between community groups and local funders
% of grants that build partnerships between community groups doing advocacy work
67%
94%
69%
96%
% of grants with follow-on work that leverages other funding sources to sustain momentum
94%
96%
