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An Introduction to Urban Transportation Strategic Planning

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This chapter provides an overview of the key aspects of urban transportation strategic planning. It outlines the “what,” “who,” and “how” of urban transportation planning, discussing the opportunities and challenges that characterize these processes. The key message that emerges is related to the need to adopt a strategic management perspective in the planning and management of urban transportation systems.

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Notes

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    A transportation network is a kind of graph made up of nodes (e.g., rail stations, bus stops) and links (routes) that are always interconnected (Black 1995)

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    Data from U.S. Energy Information Administration (2016) available at https://www.eia.gov/

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    Collaborative governance can be broadly defined as “the processes and structures of public decision making and management that engage people constructively across the boundaries of public agencies, levels of government, and/or the public, private and civic spheres in order to carry out a public purpose that could not otherwise be accomplished” (Emerson et al. 2012, p. 2)

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Noto, G. (2020). An Introduction to Urban Transportation Strategic Planning. In: Strategic Planning for Urban Transportation. System Dynamics for Performance Management & Governance, vol 3. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36883-8_1

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