TRANSPORTATION PLANNING

NAME: FAWAZ ALHUSSAIN KHUDHAIR

ID:201700810
 THE FUNCTIONAL REGIONAL CONCEPT

SUSTAINABLE URBAN MOBILITY PLANNING

AND PROJECT PREPARATION AS A
FUNDAMENTAL PART OF INTEGRATED
URBAN DEVELOPMENT

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CITIES AND TRANSPORT
Transport is a result of economic and social activities –>
interventions on the transport system do not plan/design
them but…
 Adjust the transport system to them
 Support sustainable social and economic development
 Transport is (one of the main tools) to boost economic and social
growth

Traffic on the local level:

 Administrative system
 Health system
 Education system
 Trade
 Industry
 Solid Waste 3
 Waste Water
 Etc.
 SOME FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES
WHEN DEVELOPING PROJECTS
A. Sector/System
Sustainability/Efficiency/Effectiveness
B. Absorption of available EU funds
How to make systems better perform: more projects –
better projects – (more & better absorption)

CAPEX OPEX
EU support
National support Operations
… Maintenance
 
 

• European Week of Regions and Cities

2019
INCOME

• Brussels, 8 October
Revenues
Subsidies
2019
 
THE TRANSPORT PLANNING PROCESS (1)
Answers to the questions:
Operation
Good projects need
good
Project strategies/plans
Organization Infrastructure

National Transport Strategy

• National and international traffic

Transport Masterplans/ SUMPS

• Local and regional traffic

Projects
• Technical Feasibility Study
THE TRANSPORT PLANNING PROCESS
(2)
Transport Plan main principles
• Based (consequence) on economic and social developments
• Covering the whole sector (inter-modality)
• Homogeneous areas: Functional regions
• Medium-long term process
• Independent from funding
• Basis for further sector development - A continuous process
• Participation of relevant stakeholders

Simple philosophy
Data – Analysis/Hypothesis – Objectives – Measures – Projects

3 layers: Organisation – Operation - Infrastructure

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Strategic Environmental Assessment
THE FUNCTIONAL REGIONAL CONCEPT
(1)
• Incorporates the SUMP concept at a wider
homogeneous area level - independent from
administrative borders (based on traffic model):
• defined by mobility relationships
• focused on gravitational centroids
• could be a metropolitan area/agglomeration,

• Main reference for a (local/regional) transport plan ->

can be overlapping

• FR defined in the National Transport Plan

• FR should be the main reference for local transport plans

-> avoid smaller towns alone

• Inputs for the preparation of the National Transport Plan,

complementing the national sectorial plans/analyses
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THE FUNCTIONAL REGIONAL CONCEPT
(2)

• Freight movements to be (possibly) considered in the analysis

• Transport as a result of economic and social activities
• FRC does not plan these activities
• Adjusting the transport system to them
• Supporting sustainable social and economic development

Education
Health
Waste
Industry Transport
Tourism
Trade
…
STEPS IN PREPARING A FR TRANSPORT
PLAN

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FR Transport Plan & Public Transport

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PSC
SEA process & Transport Plan

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JASPERS’ SUPPORTED
SUMPS/TRANSPORT PLANS: SLOVAKIA
SK - approach/methodology
• SUMPs are required for funding transport
projects

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• Common methodology was prepared taking into
account several sources:
• Guidelines: Developing and Implementing a Sustainable
Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP methodology)
• The Poly-SUMP Methodology: How to develop a Sustainable
Urban Mobility Plan for a polycentric region (Poly-SUMP
methodology)
• ToRs in some cities in Slovak Republic (2013 – 2015)
• Law regulation on spatial planning
• Recommendations of Jaspers
• Extent of SUMP is based on population
• cities with population over 50 000 and regions should prepare
a full version of plan whereas
• other cities can prepare a little version of plan or can be part
of the „regional“ SUMP
SUCCESSFUL SUMPS IN SK
City of Bratislava
• Population: 432 801, metro area: 659 578
• Previous master plan:
• list of wishes – usable for land use plan purposes only,
not for justification of projects
• not real transport strategy

• New master plan:

• prepared 2013 – 2015, incl. SEA, approved 2016
• link between analysis, objectives and measures
• projects tested in transport model
• Example of the linkage between analysis/objectives/measures:
– Issue: Low travel speed of public transport
– Specific goal: Shift of transportation services to trams especially in the central
area (except other with the goal to reduce emissions produced by traffic in the
most burdened areas) by 2030
– Measure: Preference of public transport in areas with high demand for
transportation
– Result: All modernized tram tracks will be equipped with priority of trams at
crossings; separate project improving signaling is being prepared
 BRATISLAVA SUMP –MAIN OUTCOMES
• Main measures identified by the Plan:
– Priority of PT in areas of high demand for transportation (increase of
comfort/reliability of PT travel)
– Priority of existing PT (bus lanes)
– Recommendation to realize selected proposals of the Territorial Plan of
Bratislava ZÁKOS (base road network) - related to increasing the capacity of
roads with dedicated lanes reserved for PT
– Connecting main tram radials with a second level PT system to absorb this
demand
– Parking Policy
– P + R Parking Facilities
– Construction of integrated PT terminals ("TIOP") including suburb. railway
– Bike transport development
• Strong focus on a correct implementation of the Plan and its
measures
> + follow-up – Bratislava railway node study and Bratislava
gional Transport Masterplan
SUMP and real projects
Bratislava Tram line number 1 to Petržalka crossing the Danube river -
infrastructure and trams financed by ESIF – projects supported by JASPERS

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CONCLUSIONS (1)
CONCLUSIONS (2)
• An urban mobility plan/SUMP is
• A strategic document for pursuing transport/mobility goals related to socio-
other planning
economic objectives and integrate local mobility with
documents
• A working framework for shaping intervention measures
• A long term commitment to ensure stability and continuity in the
development of transport/mobility strategies
• A planning instrument to identify and solve deficiencies in the transport
system and/or valorize positive experiences/opportunities, and eventually
identify and select projects
•not
It is not
(or should be)
• A formal exercise to fulfill legal requirements
• A mere description of the status-quo
• A wish-list of projects disconnected from real needs of the society
• Necessary to plan beyond administrative borders
(“functional regions/areas”)
• Necessary to ensure a correct implementation of the plan
JASPERS RECENT EXPERIENCES ON LOC./REG.
TRANSP.PLANS/SUMPS
Country Area Beneficiary Type
CY Four Cities Ministry Horizontal Guidance
CZ National Ministry Horizontal Guidance
CZ Prague City City Agglomeration
HR National Ministry Horizontal Guidance
HR Zagreb et al. Cities Transport Masterplan covering the functional region around Zagreb
HR Zagreb Railway et al. Railway node study for the functional region around Zagreb
HR Rijeka Cities Transport Masterplan covering the functional region around Rijeka
HR Sibenik Cities Transport Masterplan covering the functional region around Sibenik
HR Osijek Cities Transport Masterplan covering the functional region around Osijek

HR Dubrovnik Cities Transport Masterplan covering the functional region around Dubrovnik

HU Budapest Ministry/City Transport node study for the functional region around Budapest
HU West.Hun/Burge Regions Transport Masterplan covering the functional region between Western Hungary
nland and Burgenland (AUT)
RO Bucharest/Ilfov Ministry/City Regional Plan combining multiple municipalities
Partnersh.
RO Growth Poles Ministry/City Seven second-tier cities, each being a Regional Plan combining multiple
municipalities
RO National Ministry Horizontal Guidance
SK National Ministry Horizontal Guidance
SK Bratislava City Transport Masterplan covering the area of Bratislava
SK
SK Bratislava
Kosice City
Region
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Transport Masterplan covering the area of Kosice
Transport Masterplan covering the area of the Bratislava region
region
SK Bratislava Ministry/City/ Railway node study for the functional region around Bratislava
railway
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SUCCESSFUL SUMPS IN SK (2)
City of Kosice
• Population: 240 688, metro area: 555 800
• Previous master plan:
• obsolete (prepared in 1984)

• New master plan:

• prepared 2014 – 2015 incl. SEA, approved 2016
• based on national transport strategy
• link between analysis, objectives and measures
• projects tested in transport model
• accent on sustainable transport modes and also
organizational and operational areas

• Some non-regret projects funded from EU funds

were supported in Bratislava and Košice prior to
developing new strategies
• All new projects must comply with new
strategies
SOME REMARKS FROM THE SK
EXPERIENCE
• It is necessary to promote importance of SUMP
(it is useful not only for funding projects from
EU funds, but sustainable strategy is important
for all decisions in transport system)
• Good management during preparation of SUMP
is a must
• An action plan with responsibilities and
timeline should be included
• Implementation of the plan has to be managed
and periodically evaluated
• Implementation team should be created during
preparation of SUMP at the latest
• All measures should be implemented (not only
those related with EU funding)
• Other actions are necessary in order to make
SUMPs binding also for police and other local
governments
• Updates of SUMP are necessary