Can national survey data be used to select a core set of indicators for monitoring the sustainability of urban mobility policies?

This paper employs citizens’ opinions to select a core set of indicators for monitoring the effectiveness of policies for sustainable urban mobility. A national survey is carried out to gather Italians’ perceptions over a basic conceptual framework of dimensions and objectives of urban mobility policies with the aim of providing a ranking of the associated indicators functional to measure the sustainability of transport policies. Our results show that different sets of indicators may be chosen according to city size and transport mode mostly used by citizens.