Toolkits for Urban Transport Development - UNEP

SECTION II:
TASK DESCRIPTIONS
TASK 1: Defining the Scope of the CMP
Before preparing a CMP, its scope should be clearly defined. Specifically, the inception report for
CMP should indicate:
• The planning area; and
• The target year or planning horizon (long, medium, short-term and immediate measures)
Planning Area
The planning area should be clearly defined at the beginning of the CMP. It should cover the urban
agglomeration area, planning area, urbanisable area, or city region as identified in the Master
Plan/Regional Plan. In many aspects, the Master Plan should be used as a base for preparing the
CMP.
Size of City
Metro city (> 10 lakhs)
Large city (5 – 10 lakhs)
Other city (> 1 lakh)
Planning Area
Metropolitan area / Region
(as identified by state government)
Planning area / urbanisable area
(as indicated in the Master Plan)
Municipal / urbanisable area
A CMP must address not only city transportation needs, but also the needs for interconnections with
satellite towns and Special Economic Zones (SEZs) adjacent to the city. Since it is clear that cities
will continue to grow beyond municipal boundaries, and will likely expand to the urban
agglomeration, the planning area for the CMP needs to include the urban agglomeration. Care should
be taken, however, that the zone size for analysing travel behaviour and impacts is small enough to
take into account non-motorized trips and access/egress trips made for using public transport
(discussed in detail in later this section).
Planning Horizon
If we consider that CMP leads to investments in transport infrastructures with long-term impacts on
climate change and other issues, the CMP long-term planning horizon should be at least 20 years from
the base year. Short- and medium-term target ranges should be five and ten years, respectively. Since
the social and economic situation in Indian cities is changing rapidly, CMPs should be updated at least
every five years. The CMP horizon should be aligned with the Master Plan horizon, as much as this is
possible. Constant monitoring and review mechanism should be built in the process.
Vision for the City
A vision statement for the direction of the city’s transport system should be based on a diagnosis of
the current urban transport environment and the future urban scenario. It must be in line with the
overall vision of city growth indicated in the Master Plan. Qualitative and quantitative targets for
major indicators should be indicated for the horizon years.
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