The wider economic benefits of transport : macro-, meso- and micro-economic transport planning and investment tools.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Government document

Contributor:

Transport Research Centre.

International Transport Forum.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Conference Name:

Round Table on Transport Economics (140th : 2007 : Boston University)

Series:

Round table (Transport Research Centre) ; 140.

Round table ; 140

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transportation.

Physical Description:

204 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.

Other Title:

Round table 140

French title on t.p. verso: Bénéfices économiques élargis du secteur des transports.

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD/ITF, [2008]

Summary:

The standard cost-benefit analysis of transport infrastructure investment projects weighs a project's costs against users' benefits. This approach has been challenged on the grounds that it ignores wider economic impacts of such projects. At this International Transport Forum Round Table, leading academics and practitioners addressed these concerns and examined a range of potential approaches for evaluating wider impacts - negative as well as positive. They concluded that for smaller projects, it is better to focus on timely availability of results, even if this means forgoing sophisticated analysis of wider impacts. For larger projects or investment programs, customized analysis of these effects is more easily justifiable. Creating consistent appraisal procedures is a research priority.--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Recent evolution of research into the Wider economic benefits of transport infrastructure investments / by Roger Vickerman

The Wider economic benefits of transportation / by T.R. Lakshmanan

Wider economic benefits of investments in transport infrastructure / by Jeffrey P. Cohen

Agglomeration economies and transport investment / by Daniel J. Graham

Transport infrastructure inside and across urban regions: models and assessment methods / by Börje Johansson

The broader benefits of transportation infrastructure / by Ian Sue Wig, William P. Anderson and T.R. Lakshmanan

Progress and challenges in the application of economic analysis for transport policy and decision making: concluding comments for the research roundtable on infrastructure planning and assessment tools / by Glen E. Weisbrod and Brian Baird Alstadt.

Notes:

"Transport Research Centre."

At head of title: OECD, International Transport Forum.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789282101605

9282101606

OCLC:

243607905