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GUIDEMAPS ‘Practice Example’ sites
1. Bochum (D) Tramline Re-routing
2. Brighton & Hove (UK) Strategy documents
3. Brno (CZ) Building a Ring Road
Reconstruction of a square
4. Cologne (D) Redesign of a city ring-road
5. Erfurt (D) Local Transport Plans
6. Essex (UK) Newly by-passed roads
7. Gävle (S) Cycling Strategy
8. Graz (A) City-Wide Speed Limit
9. Ile-de-France (F) Local Transport Plan
Improvement of Bus services
10. Göteborg (S) Carpooling
11. Madrid (E) MetroSur
Redesign of bus network
12. Maribor (SLO) Cycling Network - Improvement of cycling plan
Cycling Promotion
13. Panorama (GR) Underground Car Park
14. Prague (CZ) Park and Ride
15. Saarbrücken (D) Light Rail
16. Surrey (UK) Transport Planning
1.5 Finding your way around the handbook
This handbook is divided into 2 Volumes and each different
section of the document is colour-coded to help you find the
information that you need. Volume 1 contains:
This handbook is not designed to be read from cover to cover -
you should be able to access the handbook according to your
interest area and enter it at almost any page. Each topic area is
cross-referenced to other sections which will direct you to related
Section 1 - Introduction (coloured yellow)
areas of interest. However, to gain easy access to the wide range
Section 2 - Decision-making concepts (coloured red) of information presented in this handbook, it is suggested that
Section 3 - Tools for ‘project management’ & ‘engagement’ you should:
(coloured blue)
Section 4 - Glossary & references (coloured green)
Read Section 2 - before tackling any of the practical
detailed sections;
Volume 2 contains ‘Fact sheets’ for ‘project management’ &
Have a look at Section 3 - Tools for ‘project management &
‘engagement’. These are more detailed explanations of the engagement’ which provides a more general overview of the
tools in Section 3 and are colour-coded with orange and blue. detailed ‘fact sheets’ contained in Volume 2; and
Additional information is provided on the CD-ROM which Use the ‘Practice example summaries’ provided in the
accompanies this handbook (see section 1.6 for more details). accompanying CD-ROM as examples of tools and
techniques that have already been applied.
1.6 What is on the CD-ROM?
This handbook is accompanied by a CD-ROM, on which
you will find the following documents:
GUIDEMAPS handbook
The CD-ROM contains an electronic PDF-version of
Volume 1 and 2 of the handbook. The handbook on the
CD-ROM is linked both within the Volumes and to
additional background information. For example, this will
allow you to easily access detailed information on a
certain ‘Tool’ or a ‘Practice example’ illustrating how this
tool has been used in practice.
Practice examples
‘Practice example summaries’ of projects that have
been involved in GUIDEMAPS are outlined on the CD-
ROM. By clicking on the name of a project in Section 3
- ‘In Practice’ on the ‘Tools’ page, you can access more
information on the example, including maps and
photographs and a full description of the project and the
way key decisions were managed. This description also
includes more information on the tools and techniques
used, any barriers which were encountered and a
timeline of activities for the project.
GUIDEMAPS library
The GUIDEMAPS library is a database of resources
providing relevant information on project management
or certain engagement tools in more detail. It also
provides relevant resources on project management
and stakeholder engagement in other European
languages.
Further information regarding the GUIDEMAPS project
can be found on the following website:
www.guidemaps.info