Public participation in municipal transport planning processes – the case of the sustainable mobility plan of Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal

Gil, Artur; Calado, Helena; Bentz, Julia

doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2011.06.010

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“…Acceptance by the general public is crucial to ensure the legitimacy and sustainability of the adopted policy [134][135][136]. Public participation increases democracy, enhances the competence of the final decision, and adds to the understanding of patterns and perceptions in relation to the studied issue.…”

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“…Public participation increases democracy, enhances the competence of the final decision, and adds to the understanding of patterns and perceptions in relation to the studied issue. Moreover, public participation enhances the transparency of the policy-making process [139], helps to avoid potential future conflicts, and raises awareness [136]. In contrast, some argue that the participatory approach only provides qualitative information and that it does not provide a systematic analysis of the inputs.…”

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“…The maximum fees originally proposed were USD 600 per car annually, depending on the The widespread use of conventional methods has maintained their dominance in the assessment process of transport-related mitigation measures. However, the implementation of these methods on a stand-alone basis excludes the aspect of the acceptance of the general public, which could jeopardise the success of the assessment, as has been suggested in the literature (e.g., [134][135][136]). Additionally, the different applications of these methods have largely used quantitative data and they have rarely embedded qualitative data in the assessment.…”

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Integrated approach to the assessment of CO2e-mitigation measures for the road passenger transport sector in Bahrain

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Integrated approach to the assessment of CO 2 e-mitigation measures for the road passenger transport sector in Bahrain AbstractThe transport sector is one of the fastest-growing energy-consuming sectors in the world and it contributes greatly to emissions of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO 2 e). In Bahrain, CO 2 e emissions from the transport sector grew by an average of 8% annually between 1994 and 2006. The aim of this research was to develop an integrated approach to assess the measures adopted to reduce CO 2 e emissions by the transport sector within the context of climate change mitigation. This approach used the multi-criteria analysis methodology of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to embed conventional assessment methods and a participatory approach. Three extensions to the original AHP methodology were developed: multi-AHP models, scenario packaging, and the examination of the plausibility of the results. The AHP results showed that certain fuel economy standards achieved the highest scores against five qualitative and quantitative criteria. Using socially and politically acceptable options, an integrated approach to CO 2 e mitigation could achieve a reduction in emissions of around 22% by 2030 (compared with 2010), at a cost of USD 112 per metric tonne of avoided CO 2 e emissions. Results from surveys of policymakers, experts, and the general public indicated that the outcomes of scenario packaging were plausible. The contributions of this research are two-fold. First, for the first time in Bahrain, the preferences of the general public have been considered and integrated with both the preferences of policymakers and experts and the results obtained from conventional assessment methods. Second, a structured approach for the integration of different assessment methods, transferable to other contexts, was developed and examined. Furthermore, multi-AHP models were introduced that can reflect the preferences of different concerned groups. Applications of this approach include 3 assessment of the implementation of mitigation measures that could affect a number of concerned groups, decision making in energy-consuming sectors, and development of mitigation policy packages.

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“…From a perspective of almost 10 years later, Shipley and Michela (2006) Lemp et al, 2008, Gil et al, 2011. In general though, more emphasis is generally put on the backcasting aspect of the visioning/backcasting duo, frequently with a vision of the future being reduced to numerical targets such as reductions in CO 2 emissions or energy usage, along with the levels of vehicular traffic consistent with such a target.…”

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Imagineering Mobility: Constructing Utopias for Future Urban Transport

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Over the past 50 years a growing body of work has sought to address the problem of planning for transportation in the long term future through scenario-building. Such thinking has generally been restricted to issues concerned with environmental sustainability and the 'images' of future transport so created are usually weak in terms of their social sustainability content, either treating social issues superficially, or ignoring them entirely, or even creating images that are socially undesirable. At the same time, there has generally been a marked decrease over the past 20 years in socially-oriented utopian thinking. As a direct result of these two factors, hardly any consideration has been given recently to imagining socially sustainable views of transport in a future utopia. The key underlying aim of this paper is to provide some background thinking about how this lack might be addressed. To do so, it examines concepts about utopia in terms of their form, content and function, and considers possible reasons for the recent decline in utopian thinking and their 'replacement' by a type of futures-thinking that is referred to as dystopian avoidance. It then examines transport characteristics of utopian thinking in urban planning in the 20 th Century and considers various 'antinomies of transport' with respect to future utopias. Based upon the insights gained, the paper comments on two existing 'practical' sets of transport-related scenarios in terms of their utopian and dystopian characteristics. One particular result is that the utopian aspects of these scenario sets in terms of their social content are relatively weak, in line with the hypothesised recent general decline in (social) utopian thinking. Various conclusions are made which emphasise the usefulness of utopian thinking in transport planning, particularly in participatory approaches. It is suggested that three elements of the transport system should be separately 'utopianised': the mobility of people and goods; physical aspects that facilitate or inhibit such mobility; and the system of governance with respect to formulating and implementing transport policy.

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“…It should be stressed at the outset that the Cariacica case study had a different aim to various type of participative planning processes that have the goal of formulating or influencing a definite plan or vision (as classified by Shipley and Utz, 2012, with examples of differing types of experience described by Souza, 2001, Shipley et al, 2004, Chen and Mehndiratta, 2007, Kallis et al, 2009, Sagaris, 2010, Gil et al, 2011. Rather, the case study had the less ambitious aim of raising the possibility of introducing 'policies adopted elsewhere' in the city: decisions about whether to adopt such policies were beyond its scope.…”

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Transferability of urban freight transport measures: A case study of Cariacica (Brazil)

Timms

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This paper presents a case study describing a transferability case study in Cariacica (Brazil), identifying various urban freight planning measures from other parts of the world that might be implemented in Cariacica. The case study developed a light transferability approach, which uses a low level of expert input and data requirements, and is thus appropriate for cities with highly limited financial resources. The case study focussed upon regulatory measures that are under the control of the local authority, and also identified possible barriers and facilitators for their implementation. It was generally considered that the 'light' transferability approach had been successful and could be used in many other 'smaller' cities. The paper provides insights both for research and transport planning practice (on identifying barriers, and hence solutions, for the successful implementation of urban freight transport measures). Furthermore, the paper provides a number of reflections about the transfer process, paying particular attention to the precise objectives of such exercises and the roles of transfer agents. Finally, conclusions are given which make a further justification of using a 'light' approach for policy transfer exercises in the context of the complexity of the urban freight transport system (further 'complexified' by transferability issues).

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Public participation in municipal transport planning processes – the case of the sustainable mobility plan of Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal

Cited by 67 publications

References 22 publications

Integrated approach to the assessment of CO2e-mitigation measures for the road passenger transport sector in Bahrain

Integrated approach to the assessment of CO2e-mitigation measures for the road passenger transport sector in Bahrain

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Transferability of urban freight transport measures: A case study of Cariacica (Brazil)

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