Advanced Evaluation Methods for Transport Policy Decision-making

Transport policies are almost always controversial. Several methods are applied worldwide to support decision-making in transport. Nowadays, societal cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is the most prominent and well-known transport policy appraisal methods. In this course you will learn about the newest scientific developments in these appraisal methods. Additionally, you will learn about new appraisal methods such as Participatory Value Evaluation.

The exam is an individual essay of 3500 words (excluding appendices and list of references). (70%)

A CBA assignment (15%)

A PVE assignment (15%)

The minimum grade for the assignments and the essay should be at least 5.0.

The aggregate grade should be at least 5.75

Students can do a resit CBA assignment and PVE assignment.

The essay can be repaired with 6.0 as a maximum grade.