Technical Training Workshop, Training Module extra: The difference between Traditional urban transport planning and Sustainable Urban Transport Planning Technical Training Workshop, Sofia, 4 May 2012 Presentation prepared by Frank Wefering and Sebastian Bührmann (both Rupprecht Consult) and Ivo Cré, Polis

From the State of the Art report Bulgaria features in the category of countries ‘which still have to adopt SUMP’ Planning = planning of infrastructure No knowledge about SUMP, no technical capacity, no political support

From the SoAR (II) Barriers Car orientation Lack of knowledge and resources Lack of defined responsibilities and priorities No public pressure, no political commitment No perceived added-value over conventional transport plans

SUMP - an effective tool to achieve your objectives Older style transport planning Which scheme do we want to build? SUMP: What do we want to achieve? What’s the best way to achieve it? Do we really need to build anything? Who do we consult? How do we measure impacts? With SUMP – more likely to achieve what we want SUMP gives reasons for actions – easier to defend

Traditional urban transport planning Sustainable urban mobility planning Focus on traffic  Focus on people Key goal: traffic flow capacity and speed Key goal: accessibility and quality of life Domain of transport engineers Interdisciplinary; integration of complementary sectors Infrastructure is the key issue Infrastructure only one way to achieve wider goals Investment-intensive planning Cost-efficient planning Focus on large and costly projects Focus on efficient and gradual improvements Project planning Strategic and goal-oriented planning Mono-modal Multi- and intermodal Transport projects without strategic assessment Strategic assessment of options considering set goals Meeting transport demand Transport demand management Non-transparent decision-making Transparent decision-making that includes the public

Group discussions Force field analysis: what are barriers and drivers to make the arrows in the previous slide work? 

What ‘giant leaps for mankind’ can we make in Bulgaria? Traditional urban transport planning Sustainable urban mobility planning Focus on traffic  Focus on people Key goal: traffic flow capacity and speed Key goal: accessibility and quality of life Domain of transport engineers Interdisciplinary; integration of complementary sectors Infrastructure is the key issue Infrastructure only one way to achieve wider goals Investment-intensive planning Cost-efficient planning Focus on large and costly projects Focus on efficient and gradual improvements Project planning Strategic and goal-oriented planning Mono-modal Multi- and intermodal Transport projects without strategic assessment Strategic assessment of options considering set goals Meeting transport demand Transport demand management Non-transparent decision-making Transparent decision-making that includes the public

Thank you for your attention! Frank Wefering and Sebastian Bührmann, Rupprecht Consult f.wefering@rupprecht-consult.eu, s.buehrmann@rupprecht-consult.eu +49-221-606055-13 and -14 Ivo Cré, icre@polisnetwork.eu www.mobilityplans.eu Trainer could enter his/her contact information in font size 20 between the thank-you note and the website address.