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The Architecture Use portion of the National ITS Architecture web site connects key planning outputs like goals, objectives, and performance measures with the National ITS Architecture service packages. In most cases, the planning outputs that are used in the National ITS Architecture are extracted from the resources that are identified below. Please consult these resources for more information.

Resource	Description
US Department of Transportation Advancing Metropolitan Planning for Operations: The Building Blocks of a Model Transportation Plan Incorporating Operations - A Desk Reference	The US DOT Planning for Operations program seeks to link 21st Century operational services into the transportation planning and programming process. The program has developed a wealth of resources including publications such as the Desk Reference. This Desk Reference was the source for the efficiency and mobility objectives and performance measures used in the National ITS Architecture View for planners.
Architecture Team National ITS Architecture Team	The Architecture Team created a few objectives and performance measures to supplement the broad array of examples drawn from other resources. Feedback on these items, or any other aspects of the National ITS Architecture is welcome.
Minnesota Department of Transportation Minnesota Statewide ITS Architecture Vol 1	The Minnesota Department of Transportation published an updated Statewide Architecture in 2010 that includes a broad set of objectives and performance measures that are used to ground the architecture in a performance management framework and improve the linkage between the planning process and the architecture. Volume 1 of the Statewide Architecture provided a number of the objectives and performance measures that are included in the Planning View of the National ITS Architecture.
Champaign County Regional Planning Commission CUUATS 2035 Choices LRTP	The Champaign Urbana Urbanized Area Transportation Study (CUUATS) serves as the transportation-focused arm of region's metropolitan planning organization (MPO), the Champaign County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC), for the Champaign-Urbana Urbanized Area. CUUATS has adopted an objectives-driven, performance-based approach to metropolitan transportation planning that is evident throughout its recent plan, Choices 2035. The LRTP provided a number of the objectives and performance measures that are included in the Planning View of the National ITS Architecture.
Metropolitan Transportation Commission 2035 Plan for the San Francisco Bay Area	The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) uses an objectives-driven, performance-based approach in its transportation planning for the San Francisco Bay Area. The agency assesses not only project-level performance, but also wide-ranging regional performance in relation to ambitious targets set by the agency. Project-level analysis using metrics defined for regional objectives results in a quantitative assessment of a project's costs and benefits. The 2035 Plan provided a number of the objectives and performance measures that are included in the Planning View of the National ITS Architecture.
Portland Metro Metro Portland 2035 Regional Transportation Plan	The Portland, Oregon region completed its metropolitan transportation plan, 2035 Regional Transportation Plan, in June of 2010 under the direction of Metro, the metropolitan planning organization for the region. With this plan comes a new approach for metropolitan planning in this region that is focused on desired outcomes and measurable performance. The 2035 RTP provided a number of the objectives and performance measures that are included in the Planning View of the National ITS Architecture.