Publications

Part 2 provides guidelines for conducting benefit–cost analysis (BCA) and multi-criteria analysis (MCA) on public transport infrastructure projects, policies and programs—any choice in fact that can be characterised in terms of positive and negative…

Part 1 of the Guide to Project Evaluation provides the context in which project evaluation is carried out. It provides an introduction to project evaluation and anticipates a link-point with the wider area of road transport planning, a very complex…

Part 3 presents a summary account of the Austroads publications and other related sources of information that describe the wide range of tools used in project evaluation. In Part 3 a distinction is drawn between rural project evaluation procedures…

Part 4 presents a range of Austroads information relating to project evaluation inputs. This document provides a source of information on unit costs, and other inputs/parameters, which can be made use of in road project evaluation activities. A wide…

Part 7 provides guidelines for carrying out evaluation of completed transport projects to assess actual performance against stated objectives. A post-completion evaluation is the final step in project evaluation, and provides feedback on evaluation…

Part 6 helps the practitioner to evaluate the distributional (equity) impacts of transport projects, i.e. the winners and losers of projects, and how these impacts can be traded with efficiency gains. The procedures/processes provided help the…

Part 5 provides a guide to the conditions under which the use of macro-economic models in project evaluation is appropriate and how they can be applied. Major transport infrastructure projects often significantly alter the economies of regions in…