The appraisal and development of transport schemes plays a critical role in informing decision makers on the relative merit or priority of a transport scheme or programme. Transport Scheme Appraisals can range from greenways to large metro projects. The outputs of an appraisal generally form an essential input to a business case and/or a grant or loan application. Transport appraisals are undertaken in accordance with the relevant documents: DTTAS’s Common Appraisal Framework for Transport Projects and Programmes, DfT’s Transport Analysis Guidance, and/or the EU’s Guide to Cost-Benefit Analysis of Investment Projects.
Key components of this service include, as necessary:
- GIS accessibility and data analysis – Baseline evidence reviews, including public transport network and service reviews
- Ticketing, boarding/alighting data collection and analysis
- Identification of key transport and operational challenges, and their relationship with wider economic, social, environment and commercial outcomes
- Definition of scheme objectives
- Demand forecasting
- Defining scheme benefits and costs
- Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA), Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (CEA)
- Transport Users Benefit Appraisal (TUBA)
- Bespoke spreadsheet based economic and financial appraisal