CONTINUOUS TRANSPORT

PLANNING
IT IS THE PROCESS OF DEFINING FUTURE
POLICIES, GOALS, INVESTMENTS, AND
DESIGNS TO PREPARE FOR FUTURE
NEEDS TO MOVE PEOPLE AND GOODS TO
DESTINATIONS.
PURPOSE OF TRANSPORT PLANNING

IS TO ADDRESS CURRENT AND FUTURE TRANSPORTATION,

LAND USE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRAFFIC DEMAND,
PUBLIC SAFETY, HEALTH, AND SOCIAL NEEDS.
 FORMULATION OF THE PROBLEM

DATA COLLECTION

CONSTRUCT ANALYTICAL MODEL AND CALIBRATE

GENERATE SOLUTIONS FORECAST PLANNING

FOR TESTING VARIABLES

TEST MODEL AND SOLUTION

EVALUATE SOLUTIONS
AND RECOMMEND BEST ONE

IMPLEMENT SOLUTION
 FORMULATION OF THE PROBLEM

A PROBLEM CAN BE DEFINED AS A MISMATCH BETWEEN

EXPECTATIONS AND PERCEIVED REALITY.

IT REQUIRES REFERENCE TO OBJECTIVES STANDARDS AND CONSTRAINTS.

STANDARDS AREA PROVIDED IN ORDER TO COMPARE AT ANY ONE TIME, WHETHER MINIMUM PERFORMANCE IS BEING ACHIEVED AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF INTERESTS .

CONSTRAINTS CAN BE OF MANY TYPES, FINANCIAL, TEMPORAL, GEOGRAPHICAL, TECHNICAL OR SIMPLY CERTAIN AREAS OR TYPES OF BUILDING THAT SHOULD NOT BE
THREATENED BY NEW PROPOSALS.
 COLLECTION OF DATA

ABOUT THE PRESENT STATE OF THE SYSTEM

OF ORDER TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT
OF THE ANALYTICAL MODEL, DATA
COLLECTION IS NOT INDEPENDENT FROM
MODEL DEVELOPMENT, AS THE LATTER
DEFINES WHICH TYPES OF DATA ARE
NEEDED.
 CONSTRUCTION OF AN ANALYTICAL
MODEL

• ONE WOULD SELECT THE SIMPLEST MODELLING APPROACH

WHICH MAKES POSSIBLE A CHOICE BETWEEN SCHEMES ON A
SOUND BASIS.
• THE CONTSTRUCTION OF AN ANALYTICAL MODEL INVOLVES
SPECIFYING IT, ESTIMATING OR CALIBRATING ITS
PARAMETERS AND VALIDATING ITS PERFORMANCE WITH DATA
NOT USED DURING CALIBRATION.
 GENERATION OF SOLUTIONS

THIS CAN BE ACHIEVED IN A NUMBER OF WAYS,

FROM TAPPING THE EXPERIENCE AND
CREATIVITY OF LOCAL TRANSPORT PLANNERS
AND INTERESTED PARTIES, TO THE
CONSTRUCTION OF A LARGE – SCALE DESIGN
MODEL, PERHAPS USING OPTIMISATION
TECHNIQUES.
 FORECAST THE FUTURE VALUES OF THE PLANNING
VARIABLES
USED AS INPUTS TO THE MODEL.
THIS REQUIRES THE PREPARATION OF CONSISTENT
QUANTIFIED DESCRIPTIONS, OR SCENARIOS, ABOUT
THE FUTURE OF THE AREA OF INTERESTS, NORMALLY
USING FORECASTS FROM OTHER SECTORS AND
PLANNING UNITS.
 TESTING THE MODEL AND SOLUTION

Testing of the model is performed to confirm its

reasonabless.
The model is also used to stimulate different solutions
and estimate their performance in terms of range of
suitable indicators.
 EVALUATION OF SOLUTIONS

This involves operational, economic, financial and social

assessment of alternative courses of action on the basis of the
indicators produced by the models.
 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOLUTION

By implementing the solutions we do the recyclable process,

search for another problem to tackle starting again at point 1.

This framework could also be used within behavioural decision-

theory styles, to formulate master plans or to provide
ammunition in the bargaining involved in adaptive decision
making.
TRAFFIC AND RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS HAVE REACHED SERIOUS
PROPORTIONS IN METRO MANILA AFFECTING ITS 10 MILLIONS RESIDENTS.

NOTABLE PROBLEMS IN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND PARKING DIFFICULTIES

LONGER COMMUTING
PUBLIC TRANSPORT INADEQUACY
DIFFICULTIES OF NON-MOTORIZED TRANSPORT
LOSS OF PUBLIC SPACE
ACCIDENTS AND SAFETY
LAND CONSUMPTION
MITIGATION
RAMP METERING
TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION
INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
CARPOOLING
HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANES
CONGESTION PRICING
PARKING MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC TRANSIT
NON-MOTORIZED TRANSPOTATION