Resource: Best Practice Methodology for Calculating Return on Investment for Transportation

NCHRP 8-36 Task 62 - The purpose of this report is to develop best practice methodology for calculating transportation-based return on investment (ROI) for transportation programs and projects. The report identifies existing best practices and develops recommendations for the development of new standards to provide guidance for the standardization of the processes by which these analyses are conducted. This research focuses on addressing the challenges of incorporating the four major concepts of: 1) life-cycle costs, 2) travel-time reliability, 3) economic development and growth, and 4) public-private partnerships into ROI evaluations for transportation projects.