TUBA

TUBA is transport economic appraisal software developed by Mott MacDonald on behalf of the Department for Transport. It stands for Transport User Benefit Appraisal.

The purpose of TUBA is to carry out transport scheme economic appraisal in accordance with the DfT’s published guidance in Units 3.5 of the WebTAG guidance . It implements a ’willingness to pay’ approach to economic appraisal for multi-modal schemes with fixed or variable demand.

TUBA is used by practically all transport consultants in the UK and a number of others abroad.

For more information about the technical details behind TUBA please download the TUBA manuals or contact us if you have a specific question.

The current version of TUBA is 1.7c.

News

Details of user group meetings and latest releases.

Purchasing TUBA

Information on the type of use and licence fees.

User manuals

Six TUBA user manuals available to download in PDF format.

TUBA FAQs

Frequently asked questions about TUBA.

Downloads

TUBA licence holders can download updates using their user id and password.

Contact

Contact details for the TUBA helpdesk and the DfT ITEA Division.