PILOT Manual for Sustainable Urban Transport Planning

PILOT Manual for Sustainable Urban Transport Planning

European conference on sustainable cities and towns

Sevilla, 22nd March 2007

Sylvain Haon, Polis executive director

The project PILOT

EU context

Main strategic objective

Promoting sustainable urban transport planning

Two parallel objectives

1. Create a professional “toolbox” with a manual on sustainable urban transport planning and training modules

2. Develop a SUTP ready for adoption by the local council in each of the four Pilot cities:

The project PILOT

Braila (Romania) Evora (Portugal)

Lancaster (UK) Tallinn (Estonia)

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• Aim

• Methodology

- experience from practitioners;

- experience from leading European countries and best practices;

- Reference to previous work done by the European Union

- External reviewers

- Monitoring and evaluation for final update

• Definition of the target group

What is SUTP ?

Defining Sustainable Urban Transport Planning: A new approach to transport planning with distinctive aim, subject and qualities:

• The aim of SUTP: achieving sustainable urban transport system by considering a serie of objectives;

• Adress movement of goods and persons comprehensively

A new planning approach that needs to grow from and within local authorities and existing practices.

What is SUTP ?

An innovative process for transport plannning:

• A participatory approach;

• A pledge for sustainability;

• An integrated approach;

• A focus on the achievement of measurable targets;

• A move towards costs internalisation;

• A cycle of policy-making and implementation

Pilot manual - structure

Pilot manual – quick reference booklet

1) How to use the manual ?

2) Understanding and policy framework for SUTP

What is SUTP ? What is the policy context ?

3) Basic elements of SUTP

What actions are needed ? How do they relate to each other?

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4) Running the SUTP process

What information basis is needed ? How to influence new policies ? How to support implementation ? How to assess progress ?

5) Building a strategic and operative framework

How to initiate the process ? Who is involved and how ?What are the success factors ? How to organise the process ?

Part I

Overview and introduction to SUTP

Part II

Putting SUTP into practice

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Guidance notes: 5 tasks to run the SUTP process

Running the SUTP process

Requirements & conditions

Priorities & choices

Data availability& measurement

Data needsTask 1Status analysis & scenario development

Task 2Vision, objectives & targets

Task 3Action& budget plan

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Priorities& choices

Strategies& measures


Data needs

Task 5 Monitoring and evaluation

Task 1.2Status analysis

Task 1.3Scenario development

Task 2.1Common vision of stakeholders

Task 2.3Targets for outcome indicators

Priorities& choices

Alternativescenarios

Selected scenario (refined)

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Priorities& choices

Strategies& measures


Data needs

Task 5 Monitoring and evaluation

Task 1.2Status analysis

Task 1.3Scenario development

Task 2.1Common vision of stakeholders

Task 2.3Targets for outcome indicators

Priorities& choices

Alternativescenarios

Selected scenario (refined)

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Guidance note: 10 missions to establish a strategic and operative framework

M1 Timing of the planning process

M2 Strategic coordination and actor relations

M3 Responsibility and geographical coverage

M4 Citizen participation

M5 Stakeholder involvement

M6 Integration of policies for SUTP

M7 Social inclusion and gender equity

M8 Skill management

M9 Information and public relations

M10 Management and organisation

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Guidance notes for each tasks and missions

Structure of a guidance note

- Description;

- Aims;

- Reasoning

- How to proceed

- Main activities

- Timing

- Check list and milestones:

• Success criteria

• Sequence of milestones to be achieved

- Illustration with best practices from across Europe

- More information

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• Check list for self-assesment

• Training modules

• Update with the result of monitoring and evaluation of the Pilot cities

• Finalized by the 20th of September, a manual and a quick reference booklet in 6 languages

Pilot Manual

Joint Local Transport Plan for Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol City, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Councils.

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Thank you!

Sylvain Haon

[email protected]

www.pilot-transport.org

Documents

PILOT Manual for Sustainable Urban Transport Planning