This page relates to the 2018-21 National Land Transport Programme.
This section provides guidance for assessing public transport improvement, rapid transit and transitional rail activities that target a specific increase in levels of service as part of a public transport network. Each activity has an implementation cost of over $1,000,000.
For general information about developing an assessment profile including relevant reference frameworks, see Developing an assessment profile.
Before an investment proposal is assessed against the Investment Assessment Framework (IAF), a business case must be developed, which Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency will assess to ensure it:
For further information about prior requirements, see Developing an assessment profile.
The improvements activities within the public transport activity class include the following work categories:
For further information on public transport improvements see the following:
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For public transport, rapid transit or transitional rail improvement activities, results alignment can be low, medium, high or very high (see below).
NOTE: Rapid transit improvement proposals need to demonstrate that they will substantially increase the movement of large numbers of passengers on dedicated key major metro corridors
A public transport, rapid transit or transitional rail improvement activity may be given a low results alignment rating if the activity addresses one or more of the following criteria:
| Strategic priority | Criteria for a low rating |
| Access – thriving regions; liveable cities |
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A public transport, rapid transit or transitional rail improvement activity may be given a medium results alignment rating if the activity addresses one or more of the following criteria:
| Strategic priority | Criteria for a medium rating |
| Access – thriving regions |
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| Access – liveable cities |
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| Environment |
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A public transport, rapid transit or transitional rail improvement activity may be given a high results alignment rating if the activity addresses one or more of the following criteria:
| Strategic priority | Criteria for a high rating |
| Safety |
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| Access – thriving regions: |
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| Access – liveable cities: |
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| Environment |
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A public transport, rapid transit or transitional rail improvement activity may be given a very high results alignment rating if the activity addresses one or more of the following criteria:
| Strategic priority | Criteria for a very high rating |
| Safety |
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| Access – liveable cities |
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Waka Kotahi requires approved organisations and Waka Kotahi (state highways) to use the Waka Kotahi Monetised benefits and costs manual (from August 2020) or Economic evaluation manual (superseded August 2020) procedures and templates to determine the benefit–cost ratio (BCR) for public transport, rapid transit and transitional rail improvement activities.
For further information on cost–benefit appraisal see Developing an assessment profile.
Ranking
Refer to Prioritisation of activities for information on calculating the BCR and on the resulting rating.
Use of generic or default BCR
No placeholder, generic or default BCRs are to be used.
Peer review
Waka Kotahi reserves the right to require a peer review of cost–benefit appraisal determinations and measures, including any non-monetised/additional benefits and adverse impacts, regardless of the scope, prior to an investment decision.
Insufficient information (L*)
An activity can be included in the NLTP even if a cost–benefit appraisal has not been prepared or if robust evidence is lacking to support the assessment. In such cases the rating for cost–benefit appraisal will default to L (low) for improvement activities. Waka Kotahi represents these activities as L* to indicate that more information is required to achieve a robust assessment profile.
An activity with an L* status will not be considered for funding approval.
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