Analysis of the inclusion of sustainable mobility into master plans of brazilian cities

Over the past few years, several Brazilian cities have had the opportunity to change the urban mobility guidelines by reviewing their main planning tool - the master plan. Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate the advances made by Brazilian city halls regarding the inclusion of sustainable mobility in the revision of their master plans. The plans of Praia Grande, Santo Andre and Sao Carlos were analysed in view of the principles of transit-oriented development, one of the main approaches to sustainable mobility. The main proposals were the promotion of neighbourhood central districts and of mixed land uses, as a way of reducing the need for commuting, and the population densification around public transport routes. The results of the study provide data useful to municipalities that wish to incorporate proposals for the improvement of urban mobility into the revision of their master plans1726228236CONSELHO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTÍFICO E TECNOLÓGICO - CNPQSem informaçã

Decision aiding is more than aiding to choose: the role of structuring decision situations related to transport systems

In the last 20 years there has been a major shift in the field of decision analysis going from evaluation methods towards structuring issues and, more recently, robustness issues. We consider that this shift is important and goes in the right direction but it has not been paralleled in the area of transport evaluation. The main thesis in the paper is that it is essential to keep at the same time ìrationalî methods of evaluation (such as cost-benefit analysis and environmental impact assessment) and a sound management of the decision-making process. Our view is that sophisticated methods cannot compensate for an insufficient attention to the structuring phase of the process. After a presentation of the overall characteristics of costbenefit analysis and environmental impact assessment, some theoretical aspects of structuring are analysed and the activities involved in such a process are described. Structuring is also illustrated by an example on a public transport system in Brazil. Keywords: Decision analysis; Structuring; Transport system; Cost-benefit analysis; Environmental impact assessmen