Guidance

TAG unit A4-1 social impact appraisal

Provides methods allowing analysts to attempt to quantify and monetise various social impacts in transport appraisals.

Documents

COBALT software and manual

Details

Guidance on the analysis of social impact appraisal in transport appraisals.

The Cobalt software is used with the guidance to calculate the impact on accidents and when creating a road scheme economic appraisal. For support, email cobalt@atkinsrealis.com.

The previous version of this guidance was published in May 2022.

TAG provides information on the role of transport modelling and appraisal, and how the transport appraisal process supports the development of investment decisions and business cases.

Published 31 May 2019
Last updated 30 November 2022 + show all updates
  1. TAG unit A4-1 updated.

  2. Forthcoming changes for November 2022.

  3. Unit A4.1 guidance updated.

  4. Forthcoming change to guidance note added, the note details guidance alterations to be implemented in May 2022.

  5. Updated with new version of unit A4-1 guidance.

  6. Updated non-wage labour uplift to be 1.265 following error of being 1.26.

  7. First published.