Central and local governments often employ sophisticated modelling and appraisal
procedures to ensure that the transport strategies and schemes that are selected for …

While techniques for identifying urban transport problems, predicting the effects of possible
solutions and appraising their performance are well developed, there is a significant gap in …

Several studies have indicated that option generation–the development of a range of
strategic policy options to tackle identified transport problems–is the weakest link in current …

This paper investigates how scenario planning can be used as a method to structure the
process of developing transport planning alternatives involving a broad range of …

Objective Option generation is an essential element in the development of Sustainable
Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs), but is also one of the areas of greatest weakness. This paper …

The policy measures needed to achieve more sustainable urban transport systems are now
well understood. However, there remain serious barriers to the development and delivery of …

In its seminal study of urban transport policy formulation, the European Conference of
Ministers of Transport (ECMT, 2002) concluded that, while most of the 168 cities surveyed …

Most measures of accessibility lack the capability to evaluate the impacts of transport
policies that can directly influence travel decisions. The major reason for this is that many …

The complexity of decision making processes in urban land-use and transport systems
raises the demand for an efficient support tool. Such a tool was developed at TUW-IVV in a …

Transportation policy issues are important in urban areas since they try to answer growing
preoccupations. Nevertheless, do assessment tools enable the evaluation of social equity …