Organizing for Transportation Planning
Successful
transportation planning requires, at the outset, clear definition of specific
objectives and of the roles of those involved. Because several agencies, often
at different levels of government, are usually concerned, the place of each in
terms of inputs of effort, data provision, and financing must be spelled out.
Clarification of which agencies will set up the project and participate in
other ways is crucial. For example, will it be primarily a professional effort
or will politicians and citizens be involved, in what way, and at what points
in time? Expectations must be agreed upon to see that the study addresses the
problems to be faced by the decision makers and has sufficient financing and
proper direction to provide the information that they feel is necessary.
Arrangements for feedback throughout the process must be made to keep all
participants informed and interested. Finally, the responsible party or parties
for implementing the findings, whoever they may be, should be agreed upon. This
short list only indicates the level of detail required when a planning effort
is launched. It must, of course, be fleshed out for each situation.
Setting
out the Variables
As
indicated above, decision making for transportation or even highways alone,
whether for rural or urban situations, is complex in itself. In addition, the
transportation system, of whatever nature, plays an important part in the many
interactions of modern society. Is a simple flow diagram
of a single-system decision process for example, it could be applied to the
question of whether or not to build a given highway and to what standards. It
involves defining goals, determining alternative courses of action that will
fulfill or at least partially fulfill those goals, predicting (simulating) the
performance of each proposed facility, and evaluating the economic, financial,
and other definable consequences of its adoption. Finally, the most attractive
alternative is found by comparing the consequences of the various courses of
action. As mentioned, however, seldom can a final decision be based solely
from the outcomes of such analyses. Rather it is reached in the
often-irrational political arena on the basis of what is possible.
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