Framing mobility investment: a review of the inclusion of environmental and social costs in transport appraisal frameworks in four Anglophone countries

The current study reviews the inclusion of selected externalised environmental and social costs in transport appraisal frameworks in four Anglophone countries: New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. In the case of Australia, the State of Queensland is used as a case study as states are primarily responsible for transport funding in Australia and develop their own transport appraisal guidance. The four countries have a history of using cost benefit analysis for appraising transport investments and have appraisal frameworks that are strongly informed by one another. It begins with a brief overview of the academic research on the significance and magnitude of four externalised costs: climate change, air pollution, physical activity levels, and noise. These four costs were chosen for the analysis as they have been identified as significant external costs in previous studies, and unlike other costs, such as congestion and traffic accidents, have only gradually been acknowledged in appraisal guidance. It provides a brief overview of the transport appraisal frameworks in the four case study countries and then reviews the inclusion of externalised costs across countries and implications for sustainability.

• Record URL:
  http://sustainablecities.org.nz/2018/01/two-new-papers-on-transport-by-c4sc-members/transport-appraisal-frameworks/
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Published in January 2018
• Corporate Authors:

  New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities (NZCSC)

  University of Otago, 23A Mein St, Newtown, Wellington, New Zealand
  Wellington,    
• Authors:
  • Dodge, N
  • Chapman, R
• Publication Date: 2017-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 31p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Environmental impacts; Evaluation; Externalities; Project management; Social impacts; Transportation planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: International comparison; Policy and planning
• Geographic Terms: Ireland; New Zealand; Queensland; United Kingdom
• ATRI Terms: Case study; Environmental effects; International comparison; Project evaluation; Social costs; Sustainability; Transport planning
• Subject Areas: Finance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01663261
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 21 2018 9:52AM