Current issues in carbon appraisal: part 2: consistency and moving targets in appraising embodied carbon
Graham looks at some more issues involved in bringing embodied carbon into economc appraisal and decision-making
Category: Business cases and transport economics
Posts about transport scheme business cases, economics and appraisal
Current issues in carbon appraisal: part 1: bringing-in embodied carbon
Graham starts a short series on the state of the art in appraising climate-change impacts of transport schemes. First up: getting to grips with embodied carbon
A worthwhile read on road freight in transport planning
Prof Phil Goodwin has made a thought-provoking case for revisiting how we treat road freight in traffic modelling (and more besides)
What’s new in TAG for Spring 2024? The latest changes to DfT’s Transport Analysis Guidance
Graham explains the key points in the latest round of TAG updates. It’s a game of two halves, with a nice surprise in the second half.
What’s new in TAG? The November 2023 changes to DfT’s Transport Analysis Guidance
Now UPDATED with the live changes.
Graham explains the key points in the latest round of TAG updates – and what they could mean in practice
More options for Covid-19 adjustments in transport modelling and forecasting
Graham provides some updates on post-Covid demand modelling and forecasting methods
Introducing ‘TAG at a Glance’
A handy summary of all the various parts of TAG, with easy links, details of what’s new, and notes on forthcoming changes.
TAG update: accounting for Covid-19 in transport modelling
Graham explains the new DfT guidance on how to bring demand modelling and forecasting into the post-Covid ‘new normal’. What does it mean in practice?