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Indicators
ON TO 2050 indicators help measure the progress of plan implementation.
Where possible, each ON TO 2050 recommendation is tracked by one or more indicators to set targets and monitor progress. Because changes to patterns of development or mobility take time, the plan designates targets for both 2025 and 2050. Most important, these targets are not simple forecasts of current trends; they instead represent optimistic, but achievable, outcomes that assume the implementation of ON TO 2050. To provide consistency over time, many indicators have been carried forward from GO TO 2040, the predecessor to this plan, with some improved data sources or analytical approaches.
On October 12, 2022, the CMAP Board and MPO Policy Committee approved an update to the ON TO 2050 long-range plan, including an updated indicators appendix. View all the updated appendices.
Visit the indicators dashboard to see charts of the latest indicator data, which help to monitor the implementation progress towards ON TO 2050’s recommendations. The raw indicator data is available on GitHub.
Community
- Share of New Development Occurring in Highly and Partially Infill Supportive Areas
- Percentage of Income Spent on Housing and Transportation by Moderate- and Low-Income Residents
- Population and Jobs Located in Highly Walkable Areas
Prosperity
- Educational Attainment
- Workforce Participation
- Employment in STEM Occupations
- Venture Capital Funding
- Patenting Activity
- Manufacturing Exports
Environment
- Acres of Impervious Area
- Regional Land in Watersheds Below 25 Percent Impervious Coverage
- Water Demand
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Acres of Conserved Land
- Access to Parks
- Acres of Farmland Used to Harvest Produce for Direct Human Consumption
- Protected Share of CMAP Conservation Areas Layer
- Lake Michigan Withdrawals
- Deep Bedrock Aquifer Withdrawals
Governance
- Municipalities with Per Capita State Revenue Disbursement Below 80 Percent of Regional Median
- Local Governments That Train Appointed Board Members
Mobility
- Percentage of NHS Pavement in Poor Condition
- Percentage of NHS Bridge Area in Poor Condition
- Transit Asset State of Good Repair
- Average Congested Hours of Weekday Travel for Limited Access Highways
- Percentage of Person-Miles Traveled on the Interstate System with Reliable Travel Time
- Number of Traffic Fatalities
- Motorist Delay at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
- Chicago Terminal Carload Transit Time
- Annual Unlinked Transit Trips
- Population and Jobs with at Least Moderately High Transit Availability
- Percent of Trips to Work via Non-SOV Modes
- Number of Traffic Signals with Transit Priority and/or Queue Jumping
- Miles of Roadway with Transit Preference
- Percentage of Regional Greenways and Trails Plan Completed
Inclusive Growth Kindred Indicators
- Share of New Infill Development Occurring in Economically Disconnected Areas
- Percent of Income Spent on Housing and Transportation by Moderate- and Low-Income Households by Race and Ethnicity
- Access to Parks in Economically Disconnected Areas
- Educational Attainment by Race and Ethnicity
- Workforce Participation by Race and Ethnicity
- Real Median Household Income by Race and Ethnicity
- Unemployment by Race and Ethnicity
- Gini Coefficient
- Change in Mean Household Income since 2006 by Quintile
- Change in Non-Residential Market Value in Disinvested and Economically Disconnected Areas
- Average Journey to Work Time by Race and Ethnicity
- Preventable Hospitalizations by Race and Ethnicity