Consultation and Participation

It is important that local people, businesses, environmental interests, transport users and operators should be engaged in the study process. Wide participation and consultation will be a key ingredient in understanding problems and setting local objectives, assessing the likely acceptability of potential solutions, and in formulating a recommended course of action.

Key Entry Points:

Introductory Material

An Introduction to Transport Analysis, (TAG Unit 1.1) provides an introduction to the principles of transport appraisal.

Guidance for the Project Manager

The Overall Approach: Steps in the Process (TAG Unit 2.1) presents a flow diagram applicable to a range of transport studies that involve appraisal. The flow diagram shows where consultation fits into both problem and objective identification as well as in the comparison of potential options.

Consultation is particularly important in ensuring that local problems have been properly identified, see Objective and Problems (TAG Unit 2.2).

Guidance for the Expert

Appraisal (TAG Unit 3.2) introduces the detailed methodology that should be followed in appraising transport schemes.

A full list of TAG Units is available on the Documents page.

For further information:

TAG does not contain detailed advice on how the public should be consulted and therefore reference should also be made to Chapter 8 of the Institution of Highways and Transportation’s (IHT) Guidelines on Developing Urban Transport Strategies, published in May 1996.