Evaluation of Strategic Transport Planning in Sweden, Projects and Analysis of Strategic Areas

Part of the strategic transport planning work carried out in Sweden during 1999, encom-passed analysis of 12 strategic areas. TØI has evaluated 4 of the reports from this work. These 4 reports deals with: - Road maintenance - Traffic safety - Demand for passenger transport - Railway system For road maintenance we point out certain areas were conclusions must be considered as preliminary awaiting the results of ongoing R&D-work. An important topic that is not dealt with in the report is productivity in road maintenance. The report on traffic safety is too focused on measures in road system. Despite some short-comings the report is a valuable input to the planning process. The analysis of the future demand for passenger transport is hampered by delays in the developement of the model, but the results presented seems generally to be realistic. The main shortcoming of the railway system analysis is the inadequate treatment of the demand for railway transport. A major input in the planning process is cost-benefit analysis for different projects. From the sample of projects we have evaluated some suggestions are made for improvement in methods. However the main shortcoming is poor documentation and quality control.