ABSTRACT
This chapter presents an overview of strategic transport planning and the evaluation methodology applied for this purpose in Scandinavia, that is Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Various evaluation methodologies are applied in Scandinavia. In addition to ex ante evaluation methods applied as planning tools during the planning process, a considerable number of ex post evaluation studies have been carried out in Norway and Sweden. The chapter also presents a review of typology and an overview of the planning methodology as applied in each country. It deals with evaluation in two different situations. The first is a planning situation where the various evaluation methods are applied as planning tools within a certain planning concept and in relation to a specific planning approach. The second is an ex post evaluation situation where the quality of the planning process or the various methods applied is assessed.
