Traffic development plan
The transport development plan (short VEP ) or General Transport Plan and overall transport plan is in the transport planning before a mission statement for the development in the traffic of cities or entire countries. The planning period can vary, but is usually 10 to 20 years.
Content and aim
In terms of content, the transport development plan defines goals and strategies for the development and expansion of the transport infrastructure and serves as a point of reference for politicians, planners and citizens. The intentions behind this long-term planning are to reduce, relocate and control the volume of traffic in a city or town. In this way, the quality of life can be increased and environmental protection promoted. Reliable data from the population and mobility statistics are the basis for preparing the traffic development plan. This data can be used to make forecasts that show the development. It is essential that the plans are integrated into higher-level plans as well as those of neighboring regions. Plans for the area of local public transport are known as local transport plans .
Examples
In Munich , the traffic development plan was passed on March 15, 2006 by the city council.
In 2012 Austria set up an overall transport plan "which formulates the goals and guidelines of Austrian transport policy up to 2025."
The Bremen 2025 Transport Development Plan was adopted on September 23, 2014 by the citizens of Bremen .
The German Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan, the framework program of the federal government, was adopted in the current version for 2030 on August 3, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Traffic development planning of the city of Munich
- ↑ General traffic plan for Austria
- ↑ From the preface to the overall transport plan for Austria
- ↑ Bremen Transport Development Plan 2025
- ^ Cabinet adopts Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2030. Press release 129/2016. Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, August 3, 2016, accessed on September 13, 2018 .