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What next for Urban Transport Benchmarking?

Directorate-General for E nergy and Transport. EUROPEAN COMMISSION. What next for Urban Transport Benchmarking?. Neil Taylor Transport & Travel Research Ltd. Presentation Outline. Project feedback Benefits of participation Local Impact of benchmarking

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What next for Urban Transport Benchmarking?

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  1. Directorate-General for Energyand Transport EUROPEANCOMMISSION What next for Urban Transport Benchmarking? Neil Taylor Transport & Travel Research Ltd

  2. Presentation Outline • Project feedback • Benefits of participation • Local Impact of benchmarking • Requested outputs • Project Reports • Developing transport benchmarking • Where Next?

  3. Project Feedback • Feedback from completed conference registration questionnaires • Views of participants in the initiative • Identified: • Achievements of Benchmarking • Local impacts & outputs of involvement • Possible areas for development

  4. Benefits of participation - 1 • “Tapping into international expertise” • “Field visits to good practice sites” • Raise local interest in transport issues

  5. Benefits of participation - 2 • “Looking at the development of integrated transport systems covering all modes” • “Exchange information & experiences between different PT companies around Europe” • A showcase for future local transport developments

  6. Local impacts - 1 • Provided the impetus for collection & analysis of transport data • Increased stakeholder involvement • Promotion of sustainable transport • Obtaining & increasing political support • Influence decision makers

  7. Local impacts - 2 • Updated infrastructure design recommendations • Adapting/adjusting local transport policies & strategies • Reinforced rationale for local transport plans

  8. Requested Outputs • Focus on exchanging best practices • Process benchmarking rather than data gathering • Highlight innovative approaches • Design guide for inclusive transport interchanges

  9. Project Reporting - 1 Publication of Yr 3 reports – Available on project website (Late Summer ‘06)

  10. Project Reporting - 2 • Good practice case study handbook • Glossy brochure • Targeting exchange of good practices • Online benchmarking tool • Updated with yr 3 data • Website • Updated with yr 3 reports & site visits

  11. Developing Transport Benchmarking • Further research required… • Demonstration projects to support exchange of good practices identified? • Role of qualitative benchmarking? • Develop formal benchmarking in Europe… • Monitoring of long term transport trends? • Concentrate on process benchmarking? • Funding for cities involved in benchmarking? • Develop work on Intermodality?

  12. Where Next? • 10 minutes available for discussion now. • Please put forward your views on how to develop urban transport benchmarking…

  13. Benchmarking Contact Details Project Contacts: E-mail: benchmarking@ttr-ltd.com Web: www.transportbenchmarks.org Tel: +44 (0) 115 941 1141 Kieran Holmes, Sarah Clifford, Neil Taylor, Ben Smith

  14. Directorate-General for Energyand Transport EUROPEANCOMMISSION Thank you for your attendance today “Learning From Transport Benchmarking” Urban Transport Benchmarking Initiative Year 3

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