Toolkits for Urban Transport Development - UNEP

SECTION II:
PREPARATION PROCESS
Understanding Key CMP Tasks
The major tasks to develop a CMP are set out below. Detailed task descriptions are given in Section
III
Task 1:
Task 2:
Task 3:
Task 4:
Task 5:
Task 6:
Defining Scope of the CMP
Data Collection and Analysis of the Existing Urban Transport Environment
Development of Business as Usual (BAU) Scenario
Development of Sustainable Urban Transport Scenarios
Development of Urban Mobility Plan
Preparation of the Implementation Program
Stakeholder Consultation
Stakeholder consultation is an important exercise for various reasons:
a) Understanding the city: It is necessary to engage with stakeholders who work in the city. Ground
experience of the stakeholders with the city is valuable and need to be captured. This exercise will
help us in understanding not just the characteristics of the city but also help us in understanding the
main bottle necks and strengths of the city which will have to be dealt with in the course of our
work. By understanding the limitations within which the stakeholders work, we will be able to
develop more relevant scenarios for the city and make better recommendations.
b) Stakeholder consultations have been widely recognized as an important exercise in recent times.
The top down approach where, recommendations are made to a city without involving it in the
deliberation process and using its know-how has been widely criticized. It is now recognized that
each city has its unique character. The recommendations made, have to be suited to the unique
circumstances under which the city functions.
c) The scope of work of each organization: There are a number of agencies that operate in a city.
Sometimes, multiple agencies will be involved in the same area. For example: Construction and
maintenance of roads in a city won’t fall under the jurisdiction of a single agency. A number of
agencies are involved in the same.
d) There is usually but a clear demarcation of what the scope of work of each agency is. It is
necessary to understand the exact jurisdiction of each agency. This will help us in understanding
the exact tasks that each organization is responsible for and also identify areas where there is
overlap of tasks and responsibilities. That is, stakeholder consultations will help us in capturing the
exact institutional and organizational framework in the city.
e) Developing alternative scenarios: CMP would involve developing alternative scenarios. The
differences between the alternatives will be made of differences in policy; institutional framework;
transport plans of the city; technological innovations and other such details. Stakeholder
consultation will help in building these alternative scenarios
f) Building a rapport with the city: By engaging with the stakeholders, we will be able to create a
rapport in the city. This is highly necessary because certain recommendations will be made in the
CMP which need to be implemented. Having a rapport with the city will ensure that the
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