The documented evaluation of a road project contributes to the general knowledge of road planning and road design. Post-occupancy evaluation is a powerful way of managing evaluation and should be incorporated in the design process. Project leaders in the Swedish Road Administration are not used to discuss questions about aesthetics, still they are making essential decisions that highly influence the design and the aesthetical result. The need for usable tools and knowledge is immense. The evaluation of aesthetic values is usually neglected in the design process of the built environment. But it is an important question. We have to evaluate the built environment and recycle the knowledge captured. The paper discusses how to evaluate the aesthetics and function of urban roads and through routes. Methods and routines for application in the road planning- and road design process are discussed and exemplified by some Swedish case studies initiated by the Swedish Road Administration (A). For the covering abstract of the conference see ITRD E212343.
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