Evaluation requirements, guidance, and frameworks

The Department has written guidance to help local authorities and evaluators evaluate local major transport schemes. Some transport programmes or schemes, for a variety of reasons, have alternative or more detailed evaluation requirements, or both.

Major transport schemes and general guidance

Major transport schemes evaluation requirements
All major scheme bids ought to outline how the scheme will be evaluated. The current guidance for English Local Authorities outlines the Department's evaluation requirements and what evaluation plan to include in a major scheme bid.

Major transport scheme evaluation guidance (PDF)
The aim of the guidance is to support Local Authorities' evaluations of Major Transport Schemes. The guidance was written by NERA, MVA, and David Simmonds consultancy.

Evaluating Transport Schemes which make Better Use of the Existing Network

The Department for Transport is taking forward a programme of research to understand and generate evidence about the impacts of small-scale, low-cost transport schemes which make 'Better Use' of the existing network.

Evaluating Productivity Impacts of Transport

DfT is developing an approach to evaluating the productivity impacts of key transport schemes. The aim of such evaluations will be to generate as comprehensive an understanding as possible of how transport schemes influence productivity at different geographical levels. This is the report of an initial scoping study to assess the feasibility and consider different methodological options.