SPT-E1090 - Land-use and Transport Policy D, Lecture, 24.10.2022-30.11.2022
This course space end date is set to 30.11.2022 Search Courses: SPT-E1090
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Responsible teacher
Dominic Stead, dominic.stead@aalto.fi
Other contributors
Dorina Pojani, University of Queensland (guest lecture, session 9)
Meredith Glaser, University of Amsterdam (guest lecture, session 11)
Learning outcomes
After successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- explain the interactions between land use and transport policies
- elaborate how different stakeholders influence land use and transport plans
- differentiate between different types of policy instruments used in land use and transport plans
- analyze and assess the impacts of plans, policies and instruments
- identify the reasons for the constancy and flux of different policies
Course structure
The course comprises 12 sessions:- What’s the problem? Monday 24 October 2022
- Mobility and accessibility. Wednesday 26 October 2022
- Why and how do governments intervene? Monday 31 October 2022
- Who decides? Who wins, who loses? Wednesday 2 November 2022
- The public interest. Monday 7 November 2022
- Policy design and integration. Wednesday 9 November 2022
- Policy assessment and evaluation. Monday 14 November 2022
- Why do policy approaches differ? Wednesday 16 November 2022
- Policy learning and transfer. Monday 21 November 2022
- Developing policies for sustainable urban development. Wednesday 23 November 2022
- Synthesis and Q&A. Monday 28 November 2022
- Dialogue with practitioners. Wednesday 30 November 2022
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Discussion groups will be held every Monday afternoon at 15:00-16:00 (after the lecture) and consider one specific question each week. Similar questions will feature in the final essay. PDF and MP4 files of all the materials listed here can be found in the section 'Supporting materials' (rather than clicking on the source URLs).
1. Why are some cities removing parts of their road transport infrastructure? 15:00-16:00 on Monday 31 October 2022
Key material:
Khalaj, F.; Pojani, D.; Sipe, N. & Corcoran, J. (2020). Why are cities removing their freeways? A systematic review of the literature. Transport Reviews 40(5) 557-580, https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2020.1743919
McKelvey, T. (2021). Biden’s unlikely plan to use roads to fight racism. BBC News 10 August 2021, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-58106414 [news article]
Moss, S. (2015). End of the car age: how cities are outgrowing the automobile. The Guardian 28 April 2015, https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/apr/28/end-of-the-car-age-how-cities-outgrew-the-automobile [extended news article]
2. How important is the influence of citizens and other stakeholders on the content of plans? 15:00-16:00 on Monday 7 November 2022
Key material:
Eliasson, J. (2012). How to solve traffic jams. TED Talk September 2012, https://www.ted.com/talks/jonas_eliasson_how_to_solve_traffic_jams [video with transcript]
Hirvola, A. (2022). Professional lobbying in urban planning: publicity management and transparency discourse on a collision course? Planning Theory & Practice 23(2) 175-193, https://doi.org/10.1080/14649357.2022.203492
McGuirk, P.M. (1995). Power and influence in urban planning: Community and property interests’ participation in Dublin’s planning system. Irish Geography 28(1) 64-75, https://doi.org/10.1080/00750779509478679
3. To what extent are preferences for transport policies likely to be similar across Nordic countries? 15:00-16:00 on Monday 14 November 2022
Key material:
European Commission (2020). Mobility and Transport. Special Eurobarometer Report 495. European Commission Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport and Directorate-General for Communication, Brussels, https://europa.eu/eurobarometer/surveys/detail/2226 [try to look for general trends in some of the statistics rather than reading the whole report in detail]
Nadin, V. & Stead, D. (2008). European Spatial Planning Systems, Social Models and Learning. disP – The Planning Review 44(172) 35-47, https://doi.org/10.1080/02513625.2008.10557001
Stead, D. (2018). Policy styles and instrument choice for mitigating climate change impacts in the transport sector. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 61(14) 2445-2467 https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2017.1397505
4. To what extent does the use of cost benefit analysis result in rational planning decisions? 15:00-16:00 on Monday 21 November 2022
Key material:
Mouter, N. (2017). Dutch politicians’ use of cost–benefit analysis. Transportation 44(5) 1127-1145, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-016-9697-3
Næss, P. (2020). Project appraisal methods: Tools for optimizing or for informed political debate? In: Mouter, N. (ed.) Standard Transport Appraisal Methods. Advances in Transport Policy and Planning Volume 6. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp.287-318, https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.atpp.2020.07.007
Oliveira, V. & Pinho, P. (2010). Evaluation in Urban Planning: Advances and Prospects. Journal of Planning Literature 24(4) 343-361, https://doi.org/10.1177/0885412210364589
5. To what extent can the ‘15/20-minute city’ concept be applied across entire cities and all cities? 15:00-16:00 on Monday 28 November 2022
Key material:
Kaufmann, V. (2022). The “15-minute city”: the way forward or an ideological mirage? Forum Vies Mobiles [Mobile Lives Forum], https://forumviesmobiles.org/en/arguings/15541/15-minute-city-way-forward-or-ideological-mirage
Voisard, V. (2021). Will this be the first European city to ban cars? BBC Reel, 11 March 2021, https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p08n2hwl/will-this-be-the-first-european-city-to-ban-cars- [news/documentary video]Whittle, N. (2020). Welcome to the 15-minute city. Financial Times 17 July 2020, https://www.ft.com/content/c1a53744-90d5-4560-9e3f-17ce06aba69a [news article]Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Emre Elmas Aku Eloranta Valentine Desreumaux Linda Autio Umar Aslam Riina Karvonen Samu Hasegawa An Duong Ida Kettuoja Xin Chen Valtteri Lammassaari Camille Kleibergen Ella Eilola Annika Leinoluoto Ziyi Fu Daniel Liljestrand Jenni Kujala Regina Hackler Matias Säämäki Mervi Kylmälä Sol Eun Park Sami Niskakoski Christopher Kane Chia-Yin Shih Heini Lehtola Thu Pham Iina Rusanen Aino Lahnalampi Giulia Villetti Joona Lepistö Isabel Scherer Leonard Stenger Anton Partanen Florian Wiest Markus Suominen Lisa Teyssier Antto Tukia Ilmari Pyykkö Chris Yung Madelief van der Kraan Viola Väänänen Nadezhda Zubova Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Group 9 Group 10 Mounzer Awad Olajumoke Beyioku Sofia Ala-Ketola Joona Aspegren Carlos Acevedo Noura Mansour Aaron Bock Ida Ekman Samuel Babjak Nea Hurme Julia Mickos Riina Hiltula Marc Jacob Rex Fox O'Loughlin Aatu Jäntti Pinja Salo Laura Jaunākā Stefanos Kythreotis Anton Härkönen Maria Käpyvaara Mikko Saukkomaa Veeti Kuivalainen Venla Moisio Mikko Malmström Eetu Kaskela Joel Talvitie Elmo Lampén Tabea Quante Melissa Münster Rosemarie Maya Simone Zambrin Emmi Volanen Aku Staff Essi Salavirta Otto Tarnanen Meiling Zheng Lyon Wolf Wenchan Zhao Yuxi Shen Tim Van Schaik
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Please consult the materials listed below if you want to read more about issues discussed in the lectures
Copies of all materials are available at the end of this page (without clicking on the source URLs)!
Session 1: What’s the problem? Monday 24 October 2022
Banister, D.; Anderton, K.; Bonilla, D.; Givoni, M. & Schwanen, T. (2011). Transportation and the environment. Annual Review of Environment and Resources 36(1) 247-270, https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-032310-112100
Papa, E. & Ferreira, A. (2018). Sustainable accessibility and the implementation of automated vehicles: identifying critical decisions. Urban Science 2(1) 1-14, https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci2010005
Renn, A.M. (2015). Have we really reached ‘peak car’? The Guardian 30 April 2015, https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/apr/30/have-we-really-reached-peak-car [news article]
Session 2: Mobility and accessibility. Wednesday 26 October 2022
Banister, D. (2008). The sustainable mobility paradigm. Transport Policy 15(2) 73-80, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2007.10.005
Bertolini, L. (2012). Integrating Mobility and Urban Development Agendas: a Manifesto. disP – The Planning Review 48(1) 16-26, https://doi.org/10.1080/02513625.2012.702956
Handy, S. & Boarnet, M.G. (2014). Impact of highway capacity and induced travel on passenger vehicle use and greenhouse gas emissions. Policy Brief. California Air Resources Board, Sacramento (CA), https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2020-06/Impact_of_Highway_Capacity_and_Induced_Travel_on_Passenger_Vehicle_Use_and_Greenhouse_Gas_Emissions_Policy_Brief.pdf
Session 3: Why and how do governments intervene? Monday 31 October 2022
Bandsma, K.; Rauws, W. & de Roo, G. (2021). Optimising nudges in public space: identifying and tackling barriers to design and implementation. Planning Theory & Practice 22(4) 556-571, https://doi.org/10.1080/14649357.2021.196295
Khalaj, F.; Pojani, D.; Sipe, N. & Corcoran, J. (2020). Why are cities removing their freeways? A systematic review of the literature. Transport Reviews 40(5) 557-580, https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2020.1743919
Stead, D. (2021). Conceptualizing the policy tools of spatial planning. Journal of Planning Literature 36(3) 297-311, https://doi.org/10.1177/0885412221992283
Session 4: Who decides? Who wins, who loses? Wednesday 2 November 2022
Campbell, S.D. (2016). The planner’s triangle revisited: sustainability and the evolution of a planning ideal that can’t stand still. Journal of the American Planning Association 82(4) 388-397, https://doi.org/10.1080/01944363.2016.1214080
Forester, J. (1987). Planning In the face of conflict: negotiation and mediation strategies in local land use regulation. Journal of the American Planning Association 53(3) 303-314, https://doi.org/10.1080/01944368708976450
McGuirk, P.M. (1995). Power and influence in urban planning: Community and property interests’ participation in Dublin’s planning system. Irish Geography 28(1) 64-75, https://doi.org/10.1080/00750779509478679
Session 5: The public interest. Monday 7 November 2022
Arnstein, S.R. (1969). A ladder of citizen participation. Journal of the American Institute of Planners 35(4) 216-224, https://doi.org/10.1080/01944366908977225
Grant, J. (2005). Rethinking the public interest as a planning concept. Plan Canada 45(2) 48-50, https://cip-icu.ca/Files/Awards/Plan-Canada/Rethinking-the-Public-Interest-as-a-Planning-Conce.aspx
Lane, M.B. (2005). Public participation in planning: an intellectual history. Australian Geographer 36(3) 283-299, https://doi.org/10.1080/00049180500325694
Session 6: Policy design and integration. Wednesday 9 November 2022
European Commission (2020). Mobility and Transport. Special Eurobarometer Report 495. European Commission Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport and Directorate-General for Communication, Brussels, https://europa.eu/eurobarometer/surveys/detail/2226
Givoni, M.; Macmillen, J.; Banister, D. & Feitelson, E. (2013). From Policy Measures to Policy Packages. Transport Reviews 33(1) 1-20, https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2012.744779
Stead, D. (2008). Effectiveness and acceptability of urban transport policies in Europe. International Journal of Sustainable Transport 2(1) 3-18, http://doi.org/10.1080/15568310701516614
Session 7: Policy assessment and evaluation. Monday 14 November 2022
Faludi, A. (2000). The performance of spatial planning. Planning Practice and Research 15(4) 299-318, https://doi.org/10.1080/713691907
Mouter, N. (2017). Dutch politicians’ use of cost–benefit analysis. Transportation 44(5) 1127-1145, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-016-9697-3
Oliveira, V. & Pinho, P. (2010). Evaluation in Urban Planning: Advances and Prospects. Journal of Planning Literature 24(4) 343-361, https://doi.org/10.1177/0885412210364589
Session 8: Why do policy approaches differ? Wednesday 16 November 2022
Dudley, G. & Richardson, J. (1996). Why does policy change over time? Adversarial policy communities, alternative policy arenas, and British trunk roads policy 1945–95. Journal of European Public Policy 3(1) 63-83, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13501769608407018
Sorensen, A. (2015). Taking path dependence seriously: an historical institutionalist research agenda in planning history. Planning Perspectives 30(1) 17-38, http://doi.org/10.1080/02665433.2013.874299
Stead, D. (2018). Policy styles and instrument choice for mitigating climate change impacts in the transport sector. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 61(14) 2445-2467 https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2017.1397505
Session 9: Policy learning and transfer. Monday 21 November 2022
Macmillen, J. & Stead, D. (2014). Learning heuristic or political rhetoric? Sustainable mobility and the functions of ‘best practice’. Transport Policy 35(September) 79-87, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2014.05.017
Marsden, G. & Stead, D. (2011). Policy transfer and learning in the field of transport: a review of concepts and evidence. Transport Policy 18(3) 492-500, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2010.10.007
Stead, D.; de Jong, M. & Reinholde, I. (2008). Urban transport policy transfer in Central and Eastern Europe. disP – The Planning Review 44(172) 62-73, http://doi.org/10.1080/02513625.2008.10557003
Session 10: Developing policies for sustainable urban mobility. Wednesday 23 November 2022
Hasan, M.A.; Chapman, R. & Frame, D.J. (2020). Acceptability of transport emissions reduction policies: A multi-criteria analysis. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 133, 110298, 1-12, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2020.110298
Moreno, C.; Allam, Z.; Chabaud, D.; Gall, C. & Pratlong, F. (2021). Introducing the “15-Minute City”: Sustainability, resilience and place identity in future post-pandemic cities. Smart Cities 4(1) 93-111, https://doi.org/10.3390/smartcities4010006Stead, D. (2012). Best practices and policy transfer in spatial planning. Planning Practice and Research 27(1) 103-116 https://doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2011.644084
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