Evaluating Non-Motorized Transportation Benefits and Costs

This report describes methods for evaluating non-motorized transport (walking, cycling, and their variants) benefits and costs, including direct benefits to users from improved walking and cycling conditions, and various benefits to society from increased non-motorized travel activity, reduced automobile travel, and support for more compact land use development. It identifies various types of benefits and costs, and describes methods for measuring them. It discusses non-motorized transport demand and ways to increase non-motorized travel activity. This analysis indicates that non-motorized travel provides significant benefits, many of which are overlooked or undervalued in conventional transport economic evaluation.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.vtpi.org/nmt-tdm.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Victoria Transport Policy Institute

  1250 Rudlin Street
  Victoria, British Columbia  Canada  V8V 3R7
• Authors:
  • Litman, Todd
• Publication Date: 2012-5-25

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 81p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Benefits; Bicycling; Costs; Evaluation; Nonmotorized transportation; User benefits; Walking
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01376057
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 20 2012 3:21PM