A 0 indicates no impact or mixed impacts. Benefits And Costs Institutional reforms can help achieve any TDM objective. These reforms can benefits agencies by expanding the menu of solutions they can apply to transportation problems. They can result in more efficient and accountable management practices, and a fairer distribution of resources. Reforms are often cost effective because they remove distortions and allow more cost effective solutions to transportation problems.
Impacts vary, depending on the nature of institutional reforms and how they are implemented.
Table 2 Benefit Summary Objective Rating Comments Congestion Reduction 2 Supports TDM strategies that reduce driving and sprawl. A 0 indicates no impact or mixed impacts. Equity Impacts Institutional reforms can provide equity benefits by creating more neutral and transparent public policies with respect to transport planning and the distribution of resources. Actual impacts vary, depending on the nature of institutional reforms and how they are implemented. Table 3 Equity Summary Criteria Rating Comments Treats everybody equally.