Evaluation of public policies in the road sector needs to be distinguished from the socioeconomic appraisal of road projects. This session considers not only the actions that directly contribute to the production of road service (maintenance, operations) but also regulatory actions which determine the framework according to which infrastructures will be managed and used. It is considered that transport projects would gain benefit from being considered as items within broader policies as the contradictions in objectives and conflicting interests generated by the development of mobilityneed to be addressed. The session will deal with the use of evaluation asa tool for guiding road policies with reference to New Zealand and with the evaluation of the impacts of road policies, including reducing carbon dioxide emissions in the UK. For the covering abstract see ITRD E139491.
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