"The Commission has hit the bull's eye with its recommendations", says
Skymeter CEO Kamal Hassan. "Recognizing and recommending sensible policy using
reliable and cost-effective technology addresses the three evils plaguing
surface transportation: under-funding, CO(2) emissions, and traffic jams."
Hassan says that by opting for a sensibly-designed GPS-driven user fee system
America's total CO(2) emissions will be reduced by 5% or 350 million metric
tonnes, the same reduction as if one out of every four cars on the road were
replaced by electric cars. It will also make the average commute around 10%
faster. "Those are pretty good side effects for a system that returns the
nation's road financing system to health" says Hassan.
Cathy Bogaart on 22 Jul 10Donors are placing nonprofits on the hot seat to measure social performance. Problem is, there is little agreement on what those metrics should be. Professor Alnoor Ebrahim on how nonprofit managers should respond. Key concepts include: * Rather than simply complying with the demands of the most powerful actors, nonprofit leaders need to focus their attention on accountabilities that really matter for achieving their missions. * Measuring results is valuable as a discipline for nonprofit managers, even if they don't find universal metrics for social impact. * We might not see agreement on a common set of metrics in the social sector for a while, but could see a convergence on what constitutes critical reflective learning processes within the organization.
