And in many ways, that's absolutelytrue, and that is because if the identity thief is good at what he or she does, all roads will lead back to the victim.
When you look into the details of these calculations (this is certainly true for HS2 in hte UK and I would be absolutely astonished if it is different elsewhere, as this is the standard method) the standard value ascribed to the time is the average pay of the people doing the travelling.