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Enhancing community participation in Metropolitan strategic transport planning through shared analysis

Sunter, Patrick; Wigan, Marcus

Authors

Patrick Sunter

Marcus Wigan



Abstract

This paper assesses and explores the existing potential for new approaches to software and data, such as the open source movement, to contribute to more open and contestable strategic land-use and transport planning processes. Issues with the current state of practice of modelling and analysis in such processes have been reviewed; developments for addressing them have been profiled; and practical efforts exemplified by the use of modelling in recent large-scale processes, such as Chicago Go To 2040, have been assessed. We then specifically developed a proposal for how the open source approach to software development and management can be an important part of this process, and illustrate and profile the progress thus far of two of the largest urban modelling projects that have embraced at least aspects of this approach – UrbanSim and MATSim. Finally, we assess the key open governance and technical issues involved in moving such efforts from an academic research context, to an operational application in group decision-making for urban and transport planning.

Citation

Sunter, P., & Wigan, M. (2011). Enhancing community participation in Metropolitan strategic transport planning through shared analysis. Road and Transport Research Journal, 20, 24-35

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date 2011
Deposit Date Jul 17, 2013
Print ISSN 1037-5783
Publisher ARRB Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 20
Pages 24-35
Keywords Strategic land-use; transport planning; open source software; transport modelling;
Public URL http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6176