Standardisierte Bewertung

Standardisierte Bewertung (Standi) is evaluation scheme to determine cost-usefulness-ratios of public transport projects in Germany. The process is part of a legal process to obtain federal funds (up to 85%) within the GVFG [ [http://dip.bundestag.de/btd/13/042/1304228.asc GVFG as published by the Bundestag 26. März 1996] ] Law.

Background

Standardisierte Bewertung is based on the work of the traffic scientist Gerhard Heimerl in Stuttgart and the Munich based Intraplan Consult start of the 80is [ [http://www.intraplan.de/de/leistungen/verfahren_bewertung.html Intraplan Consult] ] . Updates have been published in 2000 und 2006.

Goals

The result of Standi shall include all external effects of a planned project. The evaluation scheme tries to deliver a comparable evaluation of different projects to allow a just distribution of public funding, besides the specific business case further measurable generic effects in society and economy have to be taken into account. Important is as well the comparison of a "With" and "Without" solution, so the effect of a continuation of the existing network will be compared to the effects of the planned project.

Process

Several steps are taken. First any project effect will scrutinized whether a measurable (cardinal) effect is to be found or not. The not measurable effects will be summarized in an appendix as a "D Indicator". Measurable effects are categorized as
* financial measurable
* accountable into monetary values via established processes (travel time reduction, Pollution
* not accountable but cardinally This results in three variables
* Beurteilungsindikator A
* Beurteilungsindikator B
* Beurteilungsindikator C

B is the decisive factor for the GVFG funding. Its a simple number showing the cost / effect ratio. Funding will only be given for projects with a ratio bigger 1. The process has started as a private consultancy scheme and was rather quickly established as part of the legal process. However the Standi assessment is ordered from private companies and consultants [ [http://dreso.com Drees & Sommer] ] as further example and gained international acknowledgement, e.g. to obtain Transport and Works Act Order Applications and state funding in GB. [ [http://www.intraplan.de/en/referenzen/referenzen.html Reference Sheet of Intraplan] ]

Trivia

* For the Metrorapid and Munich Transrapid projects a Standi value of about 1,5 has been elaborated. However this was executed with a modified process which included enhanced German export successess, less traffic jams and enhanced international relations ships [ [http://www.hochleistungsbahnen.tu-dresden.de/fachtagung_tr/trt5/05_trt5_vortrag5.pdf 2005 Dresden Transrapid Standi Conference paper ... S.13] ] . Based on the standard procedure for railway projects, the result would have been around 0,8 (not sufficient for funding). The critical assessment of the Bundesrechnungshof was not accepted by the Bundesverkehrsministerium [http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/artikel/671/131438/ "Rechenkünstler Mehdorn" ("Accounting Acrobat" Mehdorn)] ] .
* A use of an adapted scheme for a Tram-train project in Bristol is mentioned in [ [http://www.ttk.de/data/downloads/de/inform/TTK%20Inform%2002%201999-12.pdf Karlsruhe Consultancy TTK] ]
* Tram-train (with values of 2,5 for several projects) Standi is as a household term explained in the local Stadtwiki (in German)

References

* Die Bilanz. 25 Jahre Planung und Bau der S-Bahn Stuttgart. (Herausgegeben von der BD Stuttgart, Jürgen Wedler, Manfred Thömmes, Olaf Schott). 368 Seiten, zahlr., teils farbige Illustrationen. Stuttgart, Kohlhammer, 1993. ISBN 3925565035 (vergriffen): Seite 49 ff.

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