Urban Transportation Planning

Land Use - Transportation Cycle

Urban Transportation Planning 1.The world moves into the future as a result of decisions (or lack of decision), not as a result of plans. 2.All decisions involve the evaluation of alternative images of the future and the selection of the most highly valued of feasible alternatives.

Urban Transportation Planning [cont’d] 3.Evaluations and decisions are influenced by the degree of uncertainty associated with expected consequences. 4.The products of planning should be designed to increase the chance of making better decisions.

Urban Transportation Planning [cont’d] 5.The result of planning is some form of communication with decision makers

Urban Transportation Planning with Decision-Oriented Approach Urban Transportation Planning with Decision-Oriented Approach (Meyer & Miller, 2001) Transportation planning must be seen as an integral part of a much wider process of decision making. Too often in the past transport solutions have been seen as the only way to resolve transport problems …

Transport planning must be seen as part of the land-use planning and development process, which requires an integrated approach to analysis and a clear vision of the type of city and society in which we wish to live. Urban Transportation Planning with Decision-Oriented Approach [cont’d]

1.Where are we now ? Trends and conditions relating to population, Transportation system, General state of the urban area. Transportation Planning is the process of answering four basic questions:

2.Where do we want to go ? Major issues, Public outreach results, Obstactles, Opportunities.

3.What will guide us ? Mission statements, Goals, Objectives, Public input, Performance measures.

4.How will we get there ? Revenue estimation, Project and program implementation, Public/private partnerships, Policy changes.

1.Establishing a vision of what a community wants to be and how the transportation system fits into this vision. 2.Understanding the types of decisions that need to be made to achieve this vision. Urban Transportation Planning is the process of:

3.Assessing opportunities and limitations of the future in relationship to goals and desired system performance measures. Urban Transportation Planning is the process of [cont’d] :

4.Identifying the near- and long- term consequences to the community and to transportation system users of alternative choices designed to take advantage of these opportunities or respond to these limitations. Urban Transportation Planning is the process of [cont’d] :

5.Relating alternative decisions to the goals, objectives, or system performance measures established for an urban area, agency, or firm. Urban Transportation Planning is the process of [cont’d] :

1.Transportation planning is defined as a process. 2.Transportation planning should assess opportunities as well as limitations of the future. 3.Transportation planning should include a short-range and long- range perspective.

4.Goals, objectives, and performance measures form the basis of the measures of effectiveness used in evaluation.

5.Decision makers for urban transportation planning are the elected and appointed government officials who provide and maintain a transportation system that meets the mobility and accessibility needs of their constituents.

Multimodal transportation planning recognizes the fact that there is no single solution to the transportation problems facing a metropolitan area.

1.Population characteristics, 2.Metropolitan economy, 3.Societal concerns and issues. 4.Transportation legislation/regulation, 5.Technology of planning. Five Main Factors that affected travel behavior and travel patterns on transportation network are:

Trip-Making Characteristics [Meyer, 2001]  The purpose of the trip (for individuals, this includes work, shop, social, etc.),  The time of day of the trip,  The origin of the trip  The destination of the trip  The mode(s) of travel used to make the trip (e.g., auto, bus, or bicycle for individuals; truck, rail or intermodal for goods),  The route from origin to destination through the chosen mode’s network,  The frequency (i.e., number of trips per unit time) with which such trips are made.