Toolkits for Urban Transport Development - UNEP

Foreword
I have great pleasure in presenting the revised toolkit for Comprehensive Mobility Planning (CMP).
The toolkit has been prepared jointly by Institute of Urban Transport (IUT) which was mandated by
the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) to revise the existing CMP toolkit and, a team of
researchers and consultants from premier institutions in India, the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP) and UNEP Risoe Centre working on the project "Promoting Low Carbon
Transport in India". The process for preparation has been carried under the advice of MoUD and
Secretary General, IUT and was coordinated by the IUT.
The current revision has been based on experiences from the review of existing CMP implementations
done by IUT and the experience gained from preparation of Low-carbon Comprehensive Mobility
Plans under the UNEP project "Promoting Low Carbon Transport in India" in the cities of Rajkot,
Vishakhapatnam and Udaipur. The preparation process has also involved consultation with experts on
an early draft on 17 October 2013 and with the representatives from states on 25 November 2013.
Their inputs have made a valuable contribution to the revision.
The revised toolkit has a clear focus on climate change and sustainable development and takes
forward the process of integrating the actions necessary for transport sector as per the "National
Mission on Sustainable Habitats" for which MoUD is the nodal ministry. The toolkit also comes up
with a clear guidance for integrating the inclusiveness agenda within the transport planning processes.
The toolkit has also a strong focus on land use planning bringing the CMP closer to the development
/master plans and therefore a closer integration of the two is proposed.
I congratulate all those who have contributed directly and indirectly in this task.
Secretary
Ministry of Urban Development
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