Economic appraisal of transport projects in the UK, if dated from the studies of Coburn, Beesley and Reynolds (1960) and Foster and Beesley (1963), is now celebrating its fiftieth birthday. It has always been a controversial tool, generating accusations of unacceptable principle, improper application, inadequate evidence base and bias. One early application was to the appraisal of the proposed third London Airport where a critic labelled the project appraisal as "nonsense on stilts" and the method was defended against accusations of being "bastard science and/or insidious poison in the body politick" (Self 1970, Williams, 1973). Since that time, appraisal has found itself at the centre of public disputes about the road planning system, the treatment of environmental impacts, the socalled "roads generate traffic" issue and the relationship between transport and the economy. The Government established a special independent committee, SACTRA, to advise it. The 1997 Government undertook a review which led to the so-called New Approach to Appraisal, and in 2009 revisited and refreshedʺ the NATA, (...).


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    Title :

    Cost-benefit analysis in transport - a UK perspective : prepared for the OECD/ITF Round Table of 21-22 October 2010 on Improving the Practice of Cost Benefit Analysis in Transport


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    Publication date :

    2010


    Size :

    Online-Ressource (PDF-Datei: 25 S., 271 KB)


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    Franz. Ausg. u.d.T.: Mackie, Peter: Analyse coûts/avantages dans les transports : l'approche britannique



    Type of media :

    Book


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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