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Visioning for transport practitioners Open
With increasing transport sector interest in vision-led rather than forecast-led planning, there is a growing need to think about what a good vision looks like, how a vision can be created, who should be involved in creating a vision, and,…
Using scenarios to address uncertainty in planning for sustainable mobility in small and medium-sized Norwegian cities Open
It seems hard now to ignore uncertainty over what the future holds. Such uncertainty poses significant challenges for assessing and appraising policy and investment decisions. Correspondingly scenario planning has become the subject of inc…
Practitioner views on transport planning's evolution – A Sisyphean task still ahead? Open
Transport planning as a formalised profession is relatively young and there is no doubt it has evolved over time. In Europe, Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans reflect a change in emphasis from keeping traffic moving to place-based, people-c…
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Uncertainty and Triple Access Planning in European Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans: a long way to go yet? Open
Triple Access Planning (TAP) is the idea that accessibility can be delivered through physical mobility, digital connectivity, and spatial proximity. There is great uncertainty as to how far one of these three elements will substitute for o…
Foresight through developing shared mental models: The case of Triple Access Planning Open
Planning for the future involves making sense of the present and examining possible changes in key factors that can influence the future. Actors rely upon mental models of the system that planning addresses: their simplified interpretation…
The Driverless Cars Emulsion: Using participatory foresight and constructive conflict to address transport’s wicked problems Open
This paper introduces a novel methodology to the transport sector to foster dialogue between actors holding different perspectives on issues pertinent to the future of mobility that might be termed 'wicked'. The case of driverless cars is …
Reviewing transport in light of the pandemic Open
Between April 2020 and May 2021, a series of ten online panel discussions took place known as Fireside Chats to examine the transport implications of the pandemic. A wide ranging set of topics and a diversity of perspectives have made for …
Walking as a service – Does it have legs? Open
Amidst the hype and prospects offered by technological innovation for shaping the future of mobility, it can be easy to overlook the humble and enduring place and potential of walking as a means of movement in our mobility system. Yet walk…
Reprint of: The importance of user perspective in the evolution of MaaS Open
The rapid emergence of Mobility as a Service (MaaS) into the transport sector's lexicon has brought with it an air of expectation that suggests a future mobility revolution. This paper focusses on the user perspective and offers a deepenin…
Opening out and closing down: the treatment of uncertainty in transport planning’s forecasting paradigm Open
Since the 1960s, development of the transport system has been framed by the notion of forecasting future demand. Yet the past decade or more appears to signal some significant changes to the role of travel in society which are having a mat…
Understanding perceptions of the transport planning professional qualification Open
This report presents the findings from a survey of transport planners conducted in March 2012, which set out to discover how wider uptake of the Transport Planning Professional (TPP) qualification could be encouraged. The survey revealed t…
The importance of user perspective in the evolution of MaaS Open
The rapid emergence of Mobility as a Service (MaaS) into the transport sector's lexicon has brought with it an air of expectation that suggests a future mobility revolution. This paper focusses on the user perspective and offers a deepenin…
Handling uncertainty in transport planning and decision making - Report of a roundtable discussion held in London on 20 July 2018 Open
In the 1700s, the French philosopher Voltaire reportedly said “Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.” The transport sector is becoming increasingly alive to how uncertain the future is. There is signific…
10‐year review of the competencies expected of transport planning professionals Open
2018 marks 10 years since the Transport Planning Professional (TPP) qualification was launched. Since then over 200 transport planners have secured TPP status with many more on their journey towards being qualified. A lot has changed in th…
The many assumptions about self‐driving cars – Where are we heading and who is in the driving seat? Open
Will our future be filled with self-driving cars? If so, when are they due to hit our streets, will they have steering wheels, and will people own them or hail them? There is, we suggest, an ‘emotive enthusiasm’ amongst policymakers and in…
Is transport planning fit for purpose Open
Transport planning to those outside the profession may be invisible or misconstrued, yet for those on the inside we see its significance to each and every person in society. Transport planning is about developing the transport system and i…
Local transport – a view from the summit. Contributions and insights from the first and second Local Transport Summits, Oxford 2016 and Manchester 2017 Open
Planning and delivering successful local transport involves making sense of transport system supply and demand, reflecting user needs as necessary and advising on how wider social, economic and environmental considerations can be taken int…
Understanding the process that gives rise to household car ownership level changes Open
Quantitative studies have revealed that changes to the number of cars owned by households are more likely to occur at the time of life events. However, causal explanations of such relationships are either absent or lacking evidence. To add…
Transport analysis in an uncertain world Open
This short article reflects upon the task of informing policymaking and investment decisions in times of deep uncertainty, in the face of problems that are more 'wicked' than 'tame' and in the context of ever present biases.
Guidance for transport planning and policymaking in the face of an uncertain future Open
Uncertainty of outcome is widely recognised as a concern facing decision-makers and their advisors. In a number of spheres of policy, it appears uncertainty has intensified in the face of globalisation, economic instability, climate change…
Uncertainty ahead: Which way forward for transport? Open
This is the final report from the CIHT FUTURES initiative. CIHT FUTURES involved a series of 11 workshops across the UK in 2015/16 in which over 200 CIHT members participated. The workshops explored members' reactions to uncertainty over t…