Planning and Process Management Summary (2020 – 2021)
Planning and Process Management
Transport Planning
Lecture 1.1: “Introduction on transport planning”
Lecture 1.2: “Dutch national transport policy and planning: past and future”
Lecture 1.3: “Ex-ante evaluation of transport policies”
Lecture 1.4: “Ex-post appraisal of transport infrastructure investments”
Process Management
Lecture 2.1: “Process management as multi-actor decision making”
Lecture 2.2: “(Project) Management in a complex network environment”
Lecture 2.3: “Individual and multi-actor decision making”
Lecture 2.4: “Analytics of collective decision-making”
Lecture 1.1: “Introduction on transport planning”
What is transport planning?
“Transport planning is taken to be all those activities involving the analysis and evaluation of past,
present and prospective problems associated with the demand for the movement of people, goods
and information at a local, nation or international level and the identification of solutions in the
context of current and future identification of economic, social, environmental, land use and
technical developments and in the light of the aspirations and concerns of the society which it
serves” – According to Transport Planning Society, UK [cited in Rodrigue, J-P., C. Comtois, Slack, B.,
2009. The Geography of Transport Systems. Routledge, New York]
Transport policy and planning
- Transport policy concerns the development of a set of constructs and propositions that are
established to achieve particular objectives relating to socio-economic development, and the
functioning and performance of the transport system.
- Thus – policy and planning represent separate parts of an overall process of intervention.
- The terms “policy” and “planning” are used very loosely and are frequently interchangeable
in many transport studies. Precise definitions are not easily come by.
- But policy may be developed without any direct planning implications (no implementation),
and planning is frequently undertaken outside any of direct policy context (management, no
policy development).
Main elements:
Transport Policy and Planning
Project and Process Management
Five Conceptual models for decision making (Meyer and Miller, Urban Transportation Planning, 2001)
Model 1 – Rational Actor Approach
Model 2 – Satisficing Approach
Model 3 – Incremental Approach
Model 4 – Organizational Process Approach
Model 5 – Political Bargaining Approach
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Transport policy decision making in practise
- Vision-Led Approaches ex-post: “after the event”
- Plan/target/Problem Led Approach
- Consensus Led Approach ex-ante: “before the event”
“Big 8” Policy cycle – linking “content” and “process”
Links between planning, policy and process management
Political/Administrative
- Policy framework
- Investment decision
Civil Service
- Strategy
- Policymaking & Programming
- Implementation
Policy Cycle – key concept
Rationale ---> Objectives ---> Appraisal ---> Monitoring ---> Evaluation ---> Feedback
Planning Cycle for a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan
Phase 1 – Preparation and Analysis phase
step 1: set up working structures
step 2: planning framework
step 3: analyse mobility situation
Phase 2 – Strategy Development
step 4: build and asses scenarios
step 5: develop a vision and strategy
step 6: set indicators and targets
Phase 3 – Measure Planning
step 7: select measure packages with stakeholders
step 8: agree on actions and responsibilities, funding sources
step 9: prepare for adoption and financing, financial plan
Phase 4 – Implementation, Monitoring and Learning
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Planning and Process Management
Transport Planning
Lecture 1.1: “Introduction on transport planning”
Lecture 1.2: “Dutch national transport policy and planning: past and future”
Lecture 1.3: “Ex-ante evaluation of transport policies”
Lecture 1.4: “Ex-post appraisal of transport infrastructure investments”
Process Management
Lecture 2.1: “Process management as multi-actor decision making”
Lecture 2.2: “(Project) Management in a complex network environment”
Lecture 2.3: “Individual and multi-actor decision making”
Lecture 2.4: “Analytics of collective decision-making”
Lecture 1.1: “Introduction on transport planning”
What is transport planning?
“Transport planning is taken to be all those activities involving the analysis and evaluation of past,
present and prospective problems associated with the demand for the movement of people, goods
and information at a local, nation or international level and the identification of solutions in the
context of current and future identification of economic, social, environmental, land use and
technical developments and in the light of the aspirations and concerns of the society which it
serves” – According to Transport Planning Society, UK [cited in Rodrigue, J-P., C. Comtois, Slack, B.,
2009. The Geography of Transport Systems. Routledge, New York]
Transport policy and planning
- Transport policy concerns the development of a set of constructs and propositions that are
established to achieve particular objectives relating to socio-economic development, and the
functioning and performance of the transport system.
- Thus – policy and planning represent separate parts of an overall process of intervention.
- The terms “policy” and “planning” are used very loosely and are frequently interchangeable
in many transport studies. Precise definitions are not easily come by.
- But policy may be developed without any direct planning implications (no implementation),
and planning is frequently undertaken outside any of direct policy context (management, no
policy development).
Main elements:
Transport Policy and Planning
Project and Process Management
Five Conceptual models for decision making (Meyer and Miller, Urban Transportation Planning, 2001)
Model 1 – Rational Actor Approach
Model 2 – Satisficing Approach
Model 3 – Incremental Approach
Model 4 – Organizational Process Approach
Model 5 – Political Bargaining Approach
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, Planning and Process Management Summary (2020 – 2021)
Transport policy decision making in practise
- Vision-Led Approaches ex-post: “after the event”
- Plan/target/Problem Led Approach
- Consensus Led Approach ex-ante: “before the event”
“Big 8” Policy cycle – linking “content” and “process”
Links between planning, policy and process management
Political/Administrative
- Policy framework
- Investment decision
Civil Service
- Strategy
- Policymaking & Programming
- Implementation
Policy Cycle – key concept
Rationale ---> Objectives ---> Appraisal ---> Monitoring ---> Evaluation ---> Feedback
Planning Cycle for a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan
Phase 1 – Preparation and Analysis phase
step 1: set up working structures
step 2: planning framework
step 3: analyse mobility situation
Phase 2 – Strategy Development
step 4: build and asses scenarios
step 5: develop a vision and strategy
step 6: set indicators and targets
Phase 3 – Measure Planning
step 7: select measure packages with stakeholders
step 8: agree on actions and responsibilities, funding sources
step 9: prepare for adoption and financing, financial plan
Phase 4 – Implementation, Monitoring and Learning
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