Toolkits for Urban Transport Development - UNEP

It should be made clear in the CMP that the project list is merely a description of priority projects.
Detailed project reports with cost estimates and financing will have to be prepared by the city
authorities and approved by the local urban body and state government before applying for funding
from the MoUD or any other agency.
Task 6-2 Identification and Prioritisation of Projects
The prioritisation into immediate, short term, medium term and long term can be done using the
following criteria
Immediate and short-term measures are aimed at improving the safety and accessibility of
pedestrians, cyclists and public transport users, area level traffic circulation plans and measures
like implementing traffic signals
Medium-term measures typically involve corridor-level projects like implementing cycle tracks
and mass-transit corridors, city level initiatives like public transport fleet improvement and
efficient scheduling, developing area level cycle networks and Public Bicycle Sharing (PBS)
schemes, parking policy development and implementation in the city. They are primarily aimed at
halting the decrease in the city’s public transport and non-motorised transport mode shares
Long-term measures include implementing the overall vision of the CMP. This includes
developing city level networks for walking and cycling, bus systems, mass-transit networks,
parking regulation measures and pricing strategies as a demand management tool, improving the
overall road network to provide adequate accessibility for existing developed areas and new ones
as the city grows, centralised control measures for traffic signal systems and public transport
operations
An additional set of criteria for prioritising projects can be
Balance between improving existing infrastructure and creating new infrastructure in upcoming
areas of development
Costs versus project’s benefits measured in terms of mobility and accessibility, safety, energy,
environment and CO 2 mitigation.
These project ideas are presented to the stakeholders in order to get their feedback on both the
projects and their prioritisation. Multi Criteria Assessment (MCA) technique 39 can be used to
evaluate alternate options using stakeholder feedback. The final list of identified projects then
undergoes detailed studies on implementation, cost estimates and likely funding agencies.
Task 6-3 Funding of Projects
Over time and following constitutional amendments (73rd and 74th), the strategic importance of
Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in developing urban amenities and delivering services which directly
influence the wellbeing of city’s local populace have significantly increased without a commensurate
increase in the ULB’s resource base. This constitution-led inbuilt imbalance has resulted in the
growing dependence of ULBs on the state government and subsequently on the central government
for financing urban infrastructure projects. The present structure of fiscal dependence of ULBs is
outlined in the following diagram.
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Refer MCA handbook for methodology for prioritisation http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/12761/1/Multicriteria_Analysis.pdf
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