Institute for Transport Studies

FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT

Introduction to
Transport Planning
Professor Greg Marsden
Room 1.01
tragrm@leeds.ac.uk
@drgregmarsden
Outlinefor Transport Studies
Institute
FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT

• Why do we need planning and policy?

• Who are “we”?
• What is planning?
• What kinds of planning approaches are used?
• Objective-led
• Vision-led
• The twist at the end…
Transport
Institute Benefits
for Transport Studies
FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT

• Opening up employment markets

• Widening social contacts
• Access to basic services (health, food)
• Access to leisure
• Exercise
• Cheaper goods
Transport
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for Transport Studies
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• Climate Change
• Road Deaths and Injuries
• Air Pollution
• Congestion
• Social Exclusion
• Land-take
• Water pollution
• Noise
• Severance
Differences
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for Transport Studiesplaces
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Differences
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for Transport Studiespeople
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1% of people account for 50% of global

aviation emissions

15% of UK adults take 75% of all flights

15% of households drive

50% of UK miles

9 times more likely to be

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The case
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• Mobility is part of how society works (like healthcare)

• External costs (e.g. risks to others, congestion)
• Social equity issues need state intervention
• Conditions for markets are not perfect (e.g. rail)
• Long-term issues with no market (e.g. charging infrastructure)
• Basic standards of operation (e.g. rules of road)
What is Planning?
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• Process
• Where are we now?
• Where do we want to go?
• What (and who) will guide us?
• How will we get there?
Future Oriented
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Future Oriented
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Objective-led Planning
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Objectives-Led or Rational Planning

•Top down agreement of what for

•Technical assessment of problems
•Analysis and modelling alternatives
•Select
•Implement
•Evaluate
•Re-plan
Objective-led planning
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•An objective is a statement of a desired end-state – where do we want to

end up?

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1.A Light Rail Scheme is essential to promote regeneration for the city
2.Pollution levels are hazardous to health and need to be reduced
3.There are too many cars on the roads and it is essential to get more people
on to public transport
4.Urban sprawl needs to be stopped
Objective-led Planning
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FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT

Objectives-Led or Rational Planning

•Top down agreement of what for

•Technical assessment of problems
•Analysis and modelling alternatives
•Select
•Implement
•Evaluate
•Re-plan
Vision-Led Planning
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FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT

NACTO Blueprint for

Autonomous Urbanism
Contested
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• Idealism
• Politics
• Knowledges

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Planning
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for Transport Studies
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1.5C rise is the BEST we think could be achieved

1.5C is not good. This is a crisis.

Planning in Crisis?
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66% reduction
77% reduction
Planning in Crisis?
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Summary
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• Transport planning has enabled remarkable transformations in how

we travel and the goods we access
• Transport produces significant externalities which are not fairly
distributed
• Transport planning has largely been about making things better than
they would otherwise have been – not making them better
• The climate crisis demands action on an unprecedented scale and
timescale
• The ability to tackle this dilemma will define your careers and lives
one way or another whatever your area of focus.
Summary
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FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT

• Objective Led Planning: May, A.D. (1997) Transport Policy, in O’Flaherty, C.A.
Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering, Chapter 3
• Knowledge and Planning: Rydin, Y. (2007) Re-Examining the Role of Knowledge
Within Planning Theory, Planning Theory
https://doi.org/10.1177/1473095207075161
• Vision-led planning: ITF (2021) Travel Transitions: How Transport Planners and
Policy Makers Can Respond to Shifting Mobility Trends, International Transport
Forum
• Social Issues in planning: Pereira, R. and Boisjoly, G. (2021) Social Issues in
Transport Planning
• Climate change and planning: Witzell, J. (2020) Assessment tensions: How climate
mitigation futures are marginalized in long-term transport planning,
Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 87,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2020.102503