Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

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

Publication

Paris : OECD/ITF, c2008.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Transport Research Centre.
• International Transport Forum.
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Description

204 p. : ill.; 27 cm.

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.

Series Statement

Round table ; 140

Uniform Title

Round table (Transport Research Centre) ; 140.

Alternative Title

• Round table 140
• Bénéfices économiques élargis du secteur des transports.

Subject

Transportation

Note

• "Transport Research Centre."
• At head of title: OECD, International Transport Forum.
• Also available in French under the title: Bénéfices économiques élargis du secteur des transports : instruments d'investissment et d'évaluation macro-, méso et micro-économiques.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Additional Formats (note)

• Available both in print and online.

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.

Call Number

JBF 09-5

ISBN

• 9789282101605 (pbk.)
• 9282101606 (pbk.)

LCCN

2008456844

OCLC

243607905

Conference

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

Title

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

Imprint

Paris : OECD/ITF, c2008.

Series

Round table ; 140

Round table (Transport Research Centre) ; 140.

Additional Formats

Available both in print and online.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

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Added Author

Transport Research Centre.

International Transport Forum.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Added Title

Bénéfices économiques élargis du secteur des transports.

Research Call Number

JBF 09-5