Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
Lords · Question HL12391 · Tabled 27 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Lord Bradshaw
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 27 November (HL11894), why time changes of such small increments are used in the calculation of journey saving; and what assessment they have made of the exte
Answer
Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, 8 Dec 2025
Our approach to the modelling and appraisal of journey time changes is intended to capture the behavioural choices of travellers, and the resulting impacts on the welfare of society. There is evidence from everyday life of individuals making choices that ...