SVI 1999/141 - Sustainability in traffic: Criteria for municipal and cantonal road traffic planning and projects
Overview
Background & policy context:
Within the scope of this research project, an application-oriented system of objectives and indicators will be developed in order to assess the sustainability of road traffic projects at cantonal, regional and municipal levels. The new aspect in this project is not a new method of assessment but rather the already tested method of assessing expediency (ZMB, in German) which will be used together with the newly developed system of objectives and indicators in accordance with sustainability. The suggested indicators will be brought into an application-oriented format. The managability of the sustainability indicators will at the same time be checked and assessed using cost-benefit analysis and suitable case studies.
Objectives:
The criteria for the review of sustainability of traffic projects and planning will be integrated into the system for objectives and indicators with regard to assessment of expediencies. For this, the already known indicators (e.g. CO2 emissions) must have their content extended from the point of view of sustainability. Other, in particular, social criteria will be newly added to an assessment of expediency's set of indicators.
Further project goals:
- Review of the practical status and of the applicability of sustainability criteria and indicators for impact analyses of traffic projects.
- Establishment of a set of standard indicators for the review of measures related to traffic that need to be taken.
Methodology:
Sustainability indicators will be checked for their manageability by using examples. Possible applications, plus reservations, will be indicated. Even for minor projects, to which no systematic assessment method is applied, a suitable (simplified) set of criteria will be established. Finally, a critical analysis will be carried out on how suitable this method is, so as to bring in the matter of sustained development in the review of road traffic systems. The suggested indicators will be put into an application-oriented format. The manageability of the sustainability indicators will be checked at the same time and assessed using a cost-benefit analysis together with suitable case studies.
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