DECISION MAKING CRITERIA FOR NATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY TRANSPORTATION POLICY AND ROADS POLICY LEVELS

Public sector decisions on the development of the road support system are made on three levels: national economic policy, transportation policy and roads policy. An important question is the appropriate framework and methodology for socio-economic assessment of proposed projects, programs and policies. Much of the current research proposes various multi-criteria methods (MCA) as the preferred assessment methodology. The more traditional cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is considered insufficient to tackle the many complexities arising in the assessment. We argue that an extended socio-economic CBA should be the core method on all three policy levels. The paper lists the most important research topics that can be assessed by means of such an extended CBA.

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  Elsevier

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• Authors:
  • SIKOW-MAGNY, C
  • Niskanen, E
• Conference:
  • World Transport Research: Selected Proceedings of the 8th World Conference on Transport Research
  • Location: Antwerp, Belgium
  • Date: 1998-7-12 to 1998-7-17
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 399-406

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Decision making; Economic policy; Networks; Policy; Research; Roads; Socioeconomic factors; Transportation planning
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Research; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00784040
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0080435904
• Report/Paper Numbers: Volume 3
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 16 2000 12:00AM