Giving Future Generations a Voice: Constructing a Sustainability Viewpoint in Transport Appraisal

Cornet, Yannick; Barradale, Merrill Jones; Barfod, Michael Bruhn; Hickman, Robin

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2933499

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“…• ]The inclusion of stakeholders (and experts) in the analysis can further enrich the multi-criteria framework, by leading to the identification of the full spectrum of interests and values in dispute, thus improving the overall quality of any appraisal and evaluation exercise (Salling, 2008;Leleur, 2012;Cornet et al, 2018b;Macharis and Baudry, 2018).…”

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“…Finally, the involvement of different stakeholders in the appraisal exercise is expected to promote mutual learning and build trust amongst the interested parties (Lami et al, 2014;Barfod, 2018;Cornet et al, 2018b). It also supposed to increase the likelihood of acceptance of the results of the analysis by stakeholders themselves, as group decision-making participants are much more likely to take ownership of the decisions that emerge from the process .…”

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Standard Transport Appraisal Methods

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Advances in Transport Policy and Planning

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Standard Transport Appraisal Methods

2020

Advances in Transport Policy and Planning

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“…A key objective in this particular application of the MAMCA approach to the case of HS2 Phase I was the designation of a stakeholder group to represent a "sustainability viewpoint" (see [39] for details on the concept of sustainability viewpoint and various ways to define it). Here, this stakeholder group consists of transport professionals with "sustainability expertise" (defined in Section 4.3).…”

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“…In their case, the WCML upgrade option is also deemed a viable alternative, due mostly to the high prioritization given to project costs (despite uncertainties with actual costs of an upgrade). Sustainable transport researchers, on the other hand, see the WCML upgrade as clearly preferable to either HSR option, with a slight preference for the M1 alignment as a second choice (see also [39] for more on sustainability viewpoints). This is due to the low priority given to journey time and also to the high prioritizations given to accessibility, transport integration & connectivity, and carbon footprint.…”

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Engaging Multiple Actors in Large-Scale Transport Infrastructure Project Appraisal: An Application of MAMCA to the Case of HS2 High-Speed Rail

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Barradale

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Journal of Advanced Transportation

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The most widespread approach to transport appraisal is to combine cost-benefit analysis (CBA) with environmental assessments and public consultations. However, large-scale transport projects such as the HS2 high-speed rail system in the UK seem to have pushed this approach beyond its limits, leading to broad discontent with the appraisal process. There is a need both to develop new methods capable of integrating a wide range of perspectives in a systematic manner and to test these for large-scale projects. Multicriteria analysis (MCA) has proven useful in supporting transport decision-making by including a broader set of criteria in the appraisal process. Multiactor multicriteria analysis (MAMCA) has extended this approach to include multiple actors and stakeholders in the judgment and decision-making process. This paper builds on the MAMCA method and demonstrates its practicability and usability by applying it to the case of HS2. The purpose of this paper is not to reach a definitive conclusion on the desirability of various project options, but to complement existing transport appraisal methods by making different perspectives explicit. For example, the results for this case show contrasting views for different groups of transport professionals: a favorable assessment of HS2 among transport planners employed in government, but an unfavorable assessment among transport researchers with a background in sustainability. In terms of contribution to the development of data collection methods, this research demonstrates the usefulness of conducting semistructured interviews in conjunction with an online questionnaire for the assessment and weighting process within MCA. Because MCA results are expressed in terms of relative desirability of projects, the approach also effectively systematizes the inclusion and assessment of multiple options. Overall, the proposed method enhances the capacity to analyze conflicting views in large-scale transport project appraisal processes.

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“…The paper goes on to describe how this framework was used in practice to come up with a comprehensive list of 28 criteria encompassing conventional transport assessment goals as well as broader impacts on society and the environment. The framework presented in this paper was designed and applied as part of a research project on improving MCA-based appraisal processes for the case of the High Speed 2 (HS2) rail project in the UK ( 5 , 6 ).…”

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Developing Assessment Criteria for Sustainable Transport Appraisal

Barradale

Cornet

2018

Transportation Research Record

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Defining a clear, comprehensive, and non-overlapping set of assessment criteria is a crucial step in multi-criteria analysis processes. Although criteria are typically developed based on planning objectives, there currently exists no standard procedure for conducting this exercise when both transportation and wider sustainable development goals need to be considered jointly. Based on research applying the multi-actor multi-criteria analysis approach to the case of a high-speed rail project in the UK, this paper presents a framework and a replicable stakeholder involvement process for selecting, defining, and naming assessment criteria to be used in sustainable transport appraisal (STA). The framework consists of a set of systematic guidelines and considerations for producing a coherent list that addresses known cognitive biases and can be understood by a broad range of stakeholders. A further practicable outcome of the research is a comprehensive list, developed using this framework, of 28 transport assessment criteria encompassing direct project impacts, indirect societal impacts, and environmental impacts. This list can serve as a starting point for planners wishing to conduct MCA-based STA. One key take-away from this research is the emphasis on an inclusive, interactive, and iterative approach for defining sustainable transport assessment criteria.

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Giving Future Generations a Voice: Constructing a Sustainability Viewpoint in Transport Appraisal

Cited by 9 publications

References 22 publications

Standard Transport Appraisal Methods

Standard Transport Appraisal Methods

Engaging Multiple Actors in Large-Scale Transport Infrastructure Project Appraisal: An Application of MAMCA to the Case of HS2 High-Speed Rail

Developing Assessment Criteria for Sustainable Transport Appraisal

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