A catalogue of evidence for transport interventions: design and initial prototype

Increasingly, transport practitioners and decision-makers want to use evidence to help them decide which transport interventions to use and investments to make – locally, regionally and nationally – across the full range of transport outcomes. However, it is often challenging to access and use evidence to assess how relevant and effective interventions will be in specific local contexts. These challenges stem from the diversity and complexity of the sources, types and quality of evidence, and the wide range of interventions and outcomes covered by the transport system. This report presents the design for a prototype catalogue of evidence for transport interventions, which aims to overcome these challenges. The design for this catalogue intends to provide a structured and harmonised way to collate and catalogue evidence about transport interventions, which will make it easier for practitioners to compare and use the evidence. The design is based on examples of other good catalogues and feedback from stakeholders, which are incorporated into the prototype alongside evidence and metadata standards. The design uses a ‘mosaic’ approach to evidence. This approach recognises that a wide range of evidence is needed to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in real-world settings. A digital prototype was built to demonstrate the design features, which include filters for extracting, assessing and synthesising information from individual sources. A qualitative harmonisation heuristic process was developed to help users harmonise evidence from dissimilar contexts and study types, to transparently determine the likelihood that an intervention will be effective in a novel application. While ambitious, a comprehensive, diverse catalogue that incorporates expert synthesis will add value to existing tools available to transport practitioners. With engagement from users, the catalogue will help improve the generation of evidence about transport interventions, by setting standards for its evaluation and reporting that will, ultimately, help address information gaps.

• Record URL:
  • https://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/research/reports/725
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Accompanied by a spreadsheet
• Corporate Authors:

  NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

  Wellington,   New Zealand  6141
• Authors:
  • Ivory, V
  • Pacheco, E
  • Thomas, F
  • Cooper, D
  • Malcolm, L
  • Nugent, S
  • Burton, J
• Publication Date: 2024

Media Info

• Pagination: 62p
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: 725

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data analysis; Data collection; Databases; Decision support systems; Evaluation; Improvements; Investments; Planning; Project management; Transportation planning
• Geographic Terms: New Zealand
• ATRI Terms: Data analysis; Database; Decision support; Investment; Project evaluation; Transport planning
• ITRD Terms: 6471: Analysis (math); 2248: Decision process; 9020: Evaluation (assessment)
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01927085
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB Group Limited
• ISBN: 9781991068859
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 12 2024 4:58PM