New on my website:
Tag-at-a-Glance updated with the May 2026 TAG units and other updates to the appraisal and modelling guidance from #DfT It’s at https://grahamjames.co.uk/tag-at-a-glance/.
(And if you missed my earlier round-up of what’s new in this set of updates, check it out at https://grahamjames.co.uk/whats-new-in-tag-for-may-2026/)

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Today's issue of Local Transport Today has some comments from me, in the item about the DfT's Local Transport Infrastructure Carbon Benchmarking Tool (LTICBT).
Or if you have the PDF, it's on page 20 .
Won't be short of bedtime or bathtime reading this weekend.
DfT has published its latest Appraisal, Modelling and Evaluation Strategy, a set of research reports, and the 'live' TAG updates. There's a lot more than what's in the photo!
Plus the latest LTT out today.... and some interesting American research to catch up on if that's not enough...
A quotation from Richard Steele
It’s a particular Observation I have always made, That of all Mortals, a Critick is the silliest; for by inuring himself to examine all Things, whether they are of Consequence or not, he never looks upon any Thing but with a Design of passing Sentence upon it; by which Means, he is never a Companion, but always a Censor. This makes him earnest upon Trifles; and dispute on the most indifferent Occasions with vehemence.Richard Steele (1672-1729) Anglo-Irish writer, journalist, playwright, politician
Essay (1709-07-14), The Tatler, No. 29
More about this quote: wist.info/steele-richard/21787…
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It's a particular Observation I have always made, That of all Mortals, a Critick is the silliest; for by inuring himself to examine all Things, whether they are of Consequence or not, he never looks upon any Thing but with a Design of passing Sentence upon it; by which Means,…
Spent some time recently tracing the history of the discount rate guidance in various recent editions of the Green Book and its supplementary documents.
The guidance has changed, and in the latest Forthcoming Change notices from DfT, TAG is now taking more of it on board.
It’s a complicated story. The kitchen table came in handy…
Look out for the resulting thoughts, in this week’s edition of Local Transport Today.