Description

The purpose of this report was threefold:
• To review the major approaches to assessing the national economic benefits of transport investment and, in particular, the role of Social Cost Benefit Analysis (SCBA);
• To review the role of transport investment in national and regional economic development and, in particular, whether it has a special role to play in such development;
• To review approaches for assessing regional economic and other distributional effects.

The purpose of this report was threefold:
• To review the major approaches to assessing the national economic benefits of transport investment and, in particular, the role of Social Cost Benefit Analysis (SCBA);
• To review the role of transport investment in national and regional economic development and, in particular, whether it has a special role to play in such development;
• To review approaches for assessing regional economic and other distributional effects.