The rationality of transport investment packages

Author: Langmyhr T.

Source: Transportation, Volume 28, Number 2, May 2001 , pp. 157-178(22)

Publisher: Springer

Abstract:

Investment packages, involving several modes, emerge as a widely used element in urban transport policies. Package policies entail some specific possibilities and traps in the planning and decision-making processes. To assess these properties, the concepts of instrumental and communicative rationality are applied. These rationality concepts serve to structure the pro and con arguments concerning four crucial considerations in package planning: The use of formal impact assessment methods, the overall size and changeability of the investment packages, the share of road vs green modes investments, and the sequence of implementation. These issues are investigated by drawing on experience from transport investment packages in six Norwegian cities.

Keywords: investment packages; planning process; rationality

Language: English

Document Type: Regular paper

Affiliations: 1: County Municipality of Sør-Trøndelag, N-7004 Trondheim, Norway

Publication date: 2001-05-01

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