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TRANSPORTATION PLANNING

Technical procedure safety, cost-effectiveness,
of long-range urban and environmental impact.
transportation planning Alternatives that do not meet Overall, the technical
the goals and objectives are procedure of
Long-range urban transportation eliminated, and the remaining
planning is a technical process that one are refined. long-range urban
involves various steps to ensure the • Develop the preferred transportation planning
development of a sustainable and involves a thorough
efficient transportation system alternative: This is developed
for a city over a period of several based on the evaluation of the analysis of the existing
transportation alternatives and
years. Here are the basic steps is refined and optimized to transportation system,
involved in the technical procedure meet the goals and objectives the development
of long-range urban transportation of the transportation plan.
planning: of future scenarios,
• Implement the plan: This the evaluation of
• Establish goals and includes developing a detailed
objectives: These may include implementation plan, securing transportation
improving mobility, reducing funding, and monitoring and alternatives, and the
traffic congestion, increasing evaluating the plan over time implementation of a
safety, and promoting to ensure it continues to meet
sustainability. the goals and objectives. preferred alternative

• Conduct baseline analysis: Currently, city agencies in India that meets the goals
The analysis of the existing are mostly bypassing the detailed and objectives of the
transportation system includes planning process in transportation transportation plan.
an inventory of existing planning and jumping straight to
transportation infrastructure the final step of preparing DPR
and services, traffic volume and for construction projects, such as
patterns, and travel demand.

• Develop future scenarios:
Based on the baseline analysis,
future scenarios are developed
that project population
growth, land use changes, and
transportation demand. These
scenarios are used to develop
transportation alternatives
that can accommodate future
transportation needs.
• Develop transportation
alternatives: Based on
the future scenarios. these
alternatives may include
improvements to public
transit, roadways, pedestrian
and bicycle infrastructure,
and transportation demand
management strategies.

• Evaluate alternatives: The
evaluation is to be done using
a variety of criteria such as Technical procedure of long-range urban transportation planning

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