Evaluation methodologies of transportation projects in Japan

Morisugi, Hisayoshi

doi:10.1016/s0967-070x(00)00013-5

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“…In the early 1960 Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) methods were developed and spread across the transportation sectorsin France [4]. CBA methods are widely used in different countries such as the France [4], UK [5], Japan [6], USA [7]and other developing countries [8]. A recent study shows that cost-benefit analysis has the potential to be challenging for a number of reasons, including the inherent difficulty in obtaining accurate cost information and estimating cost of externalities and accounting for impacts outside of the geographical projects [9].…”

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Multi-criteria Evaluation for Ranking Rural Road Projects: Case study of Nepal

Bhandari¹,

Shahi²,

Shrestha³

2014

IOSRJMCE

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Multi-criteria Evaluation for Ranking Rural Road Projects: Case study of Nepal

Bhandari¹,

Shahi²,

Shrestha³

2014

IOSRJMCE

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“…Rapid rail projects are also intended to reduce various costs to users including vehicle operation, safety, environmental costs and others. There are international examples of rail transportation appraisal work verifying that main benefits of rail transport investments comprise travel time and cost savings (user and agency) and accident reduction [49,93]. By contrast to these research findings, Figure 4 shows that cost savings in travel time, vehicle operation and accidents have a lesser than expected impact on the overall cost-benefit value.…”

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Developing and Assessing Alternative Land-Use Scenarios from the MOLAND Model: A Scenario-Based Impact Analysis Approach for the Evaluation of Rapid Rail Provisions and Urban Development in the Greater Dublin Region

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Abstract:In this study, environmental sustainability implications of planned rail infrastructure investments on the urban form and development in the Greater Dublin Region (GDR) have been analysed incorporating the scenario analysis approach. Various scenarios are developed using the MOLAND Model applications including: A baseline scenario incorporating a continuation of the present dispersed pattern of urban development and an alternative scenario with rail-oriented corridor development, under varying conditions of economic growth. An alternative scenario was also developed for the recessionary development case considering the prolonged recession in the GDR. Further explorations incorporating a Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) approach are developed to evaluate the sustainability implications of different land development scenarios in the Dublin Region. This is assisted by focussing on the impacts of rail investments on urban form and development as raised in the international comparative literature. The findings from the CBA assessment positively indicate that containment policies-as represented by the public transport oriented development indicate benefits over the dispersed development case by reducing the negative consequences of sprawl type of developments. In contrast, dispersed development in the baseline scenario indicates costs of continuation of such development patterns exceed the benefits in the long term. This study will contribute to policy support evaluation measures relating to the integration of scenario analysis tool with the CBA approach in assisting the evaluation of new transport infrastructure proposals.

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“…Since construction cost is essentially a one-time investment, whereas the other two are recurring costs, total costs in terms of project efficiency may change over time. Therefore, the summation of total costs over a 20-50-year time frame, a frequently used return-on-investment (ROI) period (Hayashi and Morisugi 2000;Lee 2000;Morisugi 2000), demands a separate calculation. If the ecological costs of Paths 3, 4, and 5 are less than Paths 1 and 2 within the same timeframe, total costs for the three routes can become more feasible options.…”

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“…Different measurements are used internationally in assessing the value of time. The USA applies the annual wage rate with working types (Hayashi and Morisugi 2000;Lee 2000;Morisugi 2000;Sinha and Labi 2007). According to the Bureau of Labour Statistics, the average hourly wage rate of the USA in 2011 was $23.58 (United States Department of Labor 2012).…”

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Ecological valuation in a transportation project: value transfer and spatial decision support systems

Kim

2014

Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

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The main purpose is to identify the possibility of calculating ecological impact as an opportunity cost to estimate total costs of each alternative and to test the feasibility of the high-speed rail routes designed with different variables. If ecological impact can be accounted for as economic costs are, would it be safe to say a route with the shortest physical (Euclidian) distance is the most economically viable option? If the difference in construction and operation costs, the two most commonly used cost elements in conventional feasibility studies, is compensated by ecological benefits, is it reasonable choose a route that is environmentally beneficial, albeit slightly more circuitous than the shortest route? These are the main questions of this study, and the author answers using the spatial decision support system and ecosystem valuation approaches. The results imply that the saved ecological benefits may compensate for the induced losses in the long run, and thus, choosing a route with more ecological benefits could become a viable solution.

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Evaluation methodologies of transportation projects in Japan

Cited by 39 publications

References 2 publications

Multi-criteria Evaluation for Ranking Rural Road Projects: Case study of Nepal

Multi-criteria Evaluation for Ranking Rural Road Projects: Case study of Nepal

Developing and Assessing Alternative Land-Use Scenarios from the MOLAND Model: A Scenario-Based Impact Analysis Approach for the Evaluation of Rapid Rail Provisions and Urban Development in the Greater Dublin Region

Ecological valuation in a transportation project: value transfer and spatial decision support systems

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