This section provides links to information that may be useful to practitioners conducting a STAG Appraisal.
Construction Price Indices
A set of construction price indices is published in the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform Construction Statistics Annual.
Department for Transport Appraisal Guidance (WebTAG)
The UK Department for Transport maintain online Transport Appraisal Guidance (WebTAG). STAG is similar but not identical to this guidance, but it may prove a useful reference, particularly on the theory underlying the economics of transport appraisal.
Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB)
The Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) provides guidance on how to conduct economic and environmental assessments. Although it is primarily road focussed, the principles it outlines are of use in all transport appraisals.
HM Treasury's The Green Book
The Green Book lays out the Treasury guidance to be followed in assessing all government spending.
National Passenger Survey
The National Passenger Survey of rail travellers is conducted annually by Passenger Focus.
Planning Guidance
Practitioners should take account of any relevant Scottish Planning Policy and Planning Advice Notes. These are published by the Scottish Government and are available at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Top
Scot-TAG
As well as STAG, Scot-TAG serves as the gateway to a range of transport assessment resources:
Transport Model for Scotland (TMfS)
Transport Model for Scotland (TMfS) is a multi-modal transport demand and assignment model that incorporates an integrated Transport and Economic Land Use Model. It contains an extensive dataset of both transport and land use data within Scotland and has a capability of forecasting the transport and land-use changes resulting from major infrastructure and/or policy initiatives.
Information on relevant Scottish Government guidance on planning assessment, including Scottish Planning Policy (SPP) 17 and Planning Advice Note (PAN) 75.
Network Evaluation from Survey and Assignment (NESA)
NESA is a computer program developed and maintained by Transport Scotland to assess proposed road schemes. The NESA Manual is the counterpart to DMRB in Scotland.
Program for the Economic Evaluation of Road Schemes (PEARS)
PEARS is an economic assessment package, developed and maintained by Transport Scotland, that has been specifically designed for use with the output from traffic microsimulation models to assess the economic impacts of proposed road schemes.
Scottish Government Transpor
The Scottish Government collects and publishes a range of useful transport statistics. They can be obtained through the Government statistics website.
