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Strategic modelling audit: experts give their verdict

05 March 2010

 

The DfT’s audit of regional and sub-regional transport models reported in our last issue has generated much interest within the transport planning profession. LTT invited some of the country’s leading transport modellers to offer their views on the validity – or otherwise – of the report’s conclusions

The strict adherence to guidance could stifle modelling innovation

Andrew Daly, RAND Europe

Decision-makers need to appreciate the uncertainty in model forecasts

Paul Hanson, Aecom

The DfT should explain which parts of WebTAG are non-negotiable

Tom Van Vuren, Mott MacDonald

WebTAG guidance wasn’t designed for strategic models

Paul Emmerson, TRL

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