Methodological Manual Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan (BVWP)

Initial Situation

The Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2030 with its statements regarding the need for transport infrastructure projects is based on the results of comprehensive evaluation calculations. This procedure captures the various effects of the transport projects under evaluation that are relevant to federal transport infrastructure planning and combines them in such a way that qualified statements about their implementation requirements can be made.

Short Description

In the methods manual, the central specifications of the new basic concept as well as detailed descriptions of the four evaluation modules—Cost-Benefit Analysis (Module A), environmental and nature conservation assessment (Module B), spatial planning assessment (Module C), and urban planning assessment (Module D) for projects of the transport modes road, rail, and waterway—are presented.

The central input variable of the evaluation procedure is the 2030 interaction forecast, on the basis of which the future demand of all transport modes in the reference year 2030 is described for the assessments. The objective of the manual is to provide experts from science, administration, and industry with extensive guidance on applying the evaluation methodology. At the same time, it serves as documentation of the procedure to give interested citizens an insight into the topic.

Furthermore, in this context, quality assurance measures were carried out for the specific evaluation calculations of the considered infrastructure measures regarding the evaluation module “Cost-Benefit Analysis.”