7.6 - Other benefits and national strategic factors
- 7.1 - Benefits and costs of transport services
- 7.2 - Transport service user benefits
- 7.3 - Congestion benefits
- 7.4 - Accident reduction benefits
- 7.5 - Disbenefits during implementation/construction
- 7.6 - Other benefits and national strategic factors
- 7.7 - Costs to government
- 7.8 - Present value of benefits and costs
7.6 - Other benefits and national strategic factors
Other monetised and non-monetised effects
Other monetised and non-monetised effects are described in sections 2 and 3 and appendix A8 of volume 1. The values and methodology in volume 1 apply equally to transport services projects.
National strategic factors
When evaluating transport services proposals it is expected that most, and in many cases all, of the benefits will relate to the tangible transport service and road user benefits and other monetised effects. However, despite the wide range of factors currently taken into account there may also be certain national strategic factors (NSF) that could be considered for inclusion in the analysis, particularly for large proposals. NSFs are described in appendix A9 of volume 1.
Examples of investment option values (providing for the future) relating to transport service proposals include:
- provision for capacity expansion within a corridor for light rail or heavy rail to facilitate constructing additional track at a later date
- terminal design to enable easy addition of extra ‘berths’ in the future.
