Sustainable transport is an increasing focus for planning authorities, and New Zealand's local authorities have been developing initiatives to encourage more sustainable forms of mobility. This study focuses on a cycling initiative in a provincial local authority that extensively relied on a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) programme. We argue that M&E programmes are often black boxed and there is little understanding of how they work within organisations. Drawing on work from the sociology of quantification, this study examines the multiple translations that the M&E underwent and the actors involved in it, in order for it to become useful and accessible.
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