The Land Transport Benefits Framework

This section sets out the Land Transport Benefits Framework, and links to more detail about each element.

Read an introduction to the benefits framework for background and key concepts

Navigating through the benefits framework

You can begin with the top level of the framework, the transport outcomes, and drill down through to the benefit clusters and benefits, or you can use the table below.

The five transport outcomes are:

Benefits framework table

Download a pdf table of the Land Transport Benefits Framework [PDF, 1015 KB]

Notes:

Benefits marked ^$ are monetised. For more information see Monetised costs and benefits manual
Monetised costs and benefits manual

Measures marked ^# are quantitative, and those marked * are qualitative. For more information see Land Transport Benefits Framework measures manual
Land Transport Benefits Framework measures manual

Healthy and safe people

Benefit cluster	Benefit	Measure
1. Changes in user safety	1.1 Impact on social cost of deaths and serious injuries^$	1.1.1 Collective risk (crash density)^#
		1.1.2 Crashes by severity^#
		1.1.3 Deaths and serious injuries^#
		1.1.4 Personal risk (crash rate)^#
	1.2 Impact on a safe system	1.2.1 Road assessment rating – roads^#
		1.2.2 Road assessment rating – state highways^#
		1.2.3 Travel speed gap^#
2. Changes in perceptions of safety	2.1 Impact on perceptions of safety and security	2.1.1 Access – perception^#
3. Changes in human health	3.1 Impact of mode on physical and mental health^$	3.1.1 Physical health benefits from active modes*
	3.2 Impact of air emissions on health^$	3.2.1 Ambient air quality – NO2^#
	3.2 Impact of air emissions on health^$	3.2.2 Ambient air quality – PM10^#
	3.3 Impact of noise and vibration on health^$	3.3.1 Noise level^#

Resilience and security

Benefit cluster	Benefit	Measure
4. Changes in impact of unplanned disruptive events on access to social and economic opportunities	4.1 Impact on system vulnerabilities and redundancies	4.1.1 Availability of a viable alternative to high-risk and high-impact route^#
	4.1 Impact on system vulnerabilities and redundancies	4.1.2 Level of service and risk*

Economic prosperity

Benefit cluster	Benefit	Measure
5. Changes in transport costs	5.1 Impact on system reliability^$	5.1.1 Punctuality – public transport^#
		5.1.2 Travel time reliability – motor vehicles^#
		5.1.3 Travel time delay^#
		5.1.4 Temporal availability – road^#
	5.2 Impact on network productivity and utilisation^$	5.2.1 Spatial coverage – freight^#
		5.2.2 Freight – mode share value^#
		5.2.3 Freight – mode share weight^#
		5.2.4 Freight – throughput value^#
		5.2.5 Freight – throughput weight^#
		5.2.6 Access to key economic destinations (all modes)^#
6. Wider economic impact	6.1 Wider economic benefit (productivity)^$
	6.2 Wider economic benefit (employment impact)^$
	6.3 Wider economic benefit (imperfect competition)^$
	6.4 Wider economic benefit (regional economic development)^$

Environmental sustainability

Benefit cluster	Benefit	Measure
7. Changes in natural environment	7.1 Impact on water	7.1.1 Water quality*
	7.2 Impact on land and biodiversity	7.2.1 Biodiversity*
	7.2 Impact on land and biodiversity	7.2.2 Productive land*
8. Changes in climate	8.1 Impact on greenhouse gas emissions^$	8.1.1 Greenhouse gas emissions (all vehicles)^#
		8.1.2 Mode shift from single occupancy private vehicle*
		8.1.3 Light vehicle use impacts^#
		8.1.4 Freight transport impact on greenhouse gas emissions^#
9. Changes in resource efficiency	9.1 Impact on resource efficiency	9.1.1 Resource efficiency*
		9.1.2 Embodied carbon^#
		9.1.3 Energy use*

Inclusive access

Benefit cluster	Benefit	Measure
10. Changes in access to social and economic opportunities	10.1 Impact on user experience of the transport system^$	10.1.1 People – throughput of pedestrians, cyclists and public transport boardings^#
		(Repeat) 2.1.1 Access – perception^#
		10.1.2 Pedestrian delay^#
		10.1.3 Ease of getting on/off public transport services^#
		10.1.4 Network condition – cycling#
		10.1.5 Network condition – road^#
		10.1.6 People – throughput^#
		10.1.7 People – throughput (Urban Cycleways Programme)^#
		10.1.8 Traffic – throughput^#
		10.1.9 Travel time^#
	10.2 Impact on mode choice	10.2.1 People – mode share^#
		(Repeat) 8.1.2 Mode shift from single occupancy private vehicle*
		10.2.2 Accessibility – public transport facilities^#
		10.2.3 Spatial coverage – cycle lanes and paths^#
		10.2.4 Spatial coverage – cycling facilities^#
		10.2.5 Spatial coverage – public transport – employees^#
		10.2.6 Spatial coverage – public transport – resident population^#
		10.2.6a Spatial coverage – public transport – new residential dwellings^#
		10.2.7 Temporal availability – public transport^#
		10.2.8 Cost of access to key destinations – all modes*
		10.2.9 Pricing – more efficient*
		10.2.10 Traffic – mode share (number)^#
		10.2.10b Traffic – mode share (distance)^#
	10.3 Impact on access to opportunities	10.3.1 Access to key social destinations (all modes)^#
	10.4 Impact on community cohesion	10.4.1 Social connectedness*
		10.4.2 Isolation*
		10.4.3 Severance*
11. Changes in liveability of places	11.1 Impact on heritage and cultural values	11.1.1 Amenity value – natural and built environment*
	11.1 Impact on heritage and cultural values	11.1.2 Heritage and cultural values*
	11.2 Impact on landscape	11.2.1 Landscape*
	11.3 Impact on townscape	11.3.1 Townscape*
12. Changes in te ao Māori values	12.1 Impact on te ao Māori	12.1.1 Te ao Māori*

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