Decision-making in sustainable uban mobility planning: Common practice and future directions

Rudolph, Frederic; Black, Colin; Glensor, Kain; Hüging, Hanna; Lah, Oliver; McGeever, James; Mingardo, Giuliano; Parkhurst, Graham; Plevnik, Aljaz; Shergold, Ian; Streng, Martijn

Abstract

This paper highlights the challenges for cities in selecting sustainable and cost-effective transport and mobility measures. Thereby it shall provoke thought on the implications for decision-making resulting from Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans. Firstly, an understanding of the challenges of determining a transport project’s viability will be conveyed. Secondly, the paper presents five case studies of sustainable urban mobility planning and the role of project appraisal in those policy-making processes.
In discussing the challenges of traditional project-appraisal and examining actual local decision-making, the paper finds some crucial challenges in the appraisal of small-scale sustainable transport activities. It concludes by highlighting potential implications of these.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jul 1, 2015
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2015
• Deposit Date: Apr 18, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 20, 2016
• Journal: World Transport Policy and Practice
• Print ISSN: 1352-7614
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 21
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 54-64
• Keywords: sustainable urban mobility plan (SUMP), transport project appraisal, cost-benefit analysis, decision-making
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/844260
• Publisher URL: http://worldtransportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/29th-Oct-opt.pdf
• Contract Date: Apr 18, 2016