Tool summary

Name of the tool
Cost-benefit-analyses (CBA)

Description of the tool
Counts the benefits and costs of a transport infrastructure investment during next 30 years in terms of money, discounted to today. The benefits gained in maintenance costs, vehicle costs, time costs (hours spent in traffic), accident costs both in estimates of noise costs and emission costs are compared to investment costs and interests. The ratio of benefits and costs shows how profitable it is to implement the investment. The end user can compare projects and alternatives and choose the best ones. Some non-monetary elements can also be described (e.g. impacts on nature, scenery, land use, city form etc.), but they are not included in the basic assessment.

Specific topic
The same tool is used for every mode, which makes all state transport investments comparable.

Sector/s of use

Waste	Energy	Water	Transport	Green/Blue	Building & Land use
0	0	0	M	0	0

M - main sector, 1 - sub sector and 0 - n/a

Scale of applications

Component	Building	Neighbourhood	City	Region
0	1	0	0	0