Resumen
All over the world, governments, transporters, and operators are seeking available places and corridors to invest in the improvement of transport infrastructure such as new tracks for railways, new roads, and highways. Due to various reasons - from ongoing urban sprawl, rising awareness among society about possible social and environmental impacts to last but not least increasing cost pressure, it is more and more difficult to find suitable routes for new transport infrastructure. Serious discussions and even public resistance is forcing decision-makers and politicians to think about new approaches for realizing transport infrastructure projects, taking into consideration aspects of sustainability and public consultation without losing track of the costs. The objective of this article is to demonstrate a recently developed comprehensive approach for route selection procedures, combining elements of traditional cost-benefit analysis, multi-criteria analysis, and integrating public consultation.