Editing Transportation planning (section)

==Models and sustainability ==
{{See also|Sustainable transport}}

[[File:CTA tracks.jpg|thumb|Chicago Transit Authority [[Chicago 'L']] trains use elevated tracks for a portion of the system, known as the [[Loop (CTA)|Loop]], which is in the [[Chicago Loop]] community area. It is an example of the siting of transportation facilities that results from transportation planning.]]

[[File:Mk Stettin Hafen2.jpg|thumb|A bypass the Old Town in [[Szczecin]], Poland]]

Transportation planning, or transport planning, has historically followed the [[rational planning model]] of defining goals and objectives, identifying problems, generating alternatives, evaluating alternatives, and developing plans. Other models for planning include [[rational actor]], [[transit oriented development]], [[satisficing]], [[incremental planning]], [[organizational process]], [[collaborative planning]], and [[political bargaining]].

Planners are increasingly expected to adopt a multidisciplinary approach, especially due to the rising importance of [[environmentalism]]. For example, the use of [[behaviorism|behavioural psychology]] to persuade drivers to abandon their [[automobile]]s and use [[public transport]] instead. The role of the transport planner is shifting from technical analysis to promoting [[sustainability]] through integrated transport [[policy|policies]].<ref name="f1">Southern, A. (2006), Modern-day transport planners need to be both technically proficient and politically astute, ''Local Transport Today'', no. 448, 27 July 2006.</ref> For example, in [[Hanoi]], the increasing number of motorcycles is responsible for not only environmental damage but also slowing down economic growth. In the long run, the plan is to reduce traffic through a change in [[urban planning]]. Through economic incentives and attractive alternatives experts hope to lighten traffic in the short run.<ref>{{cite web |title=Imminent Gridlock |author=Hans-Heinrich Bass, Than Trung Nguyen |publisher=dandc.eu |date=April 2013 |url=http://www.dandc.eu/en/article/vietnam-needs-tackle-urban-traffic-congestion}}</ref>

While quantitative methods of observing transport patterns are considered foundation in transport planning, the role of qualitative and mixed-methods analysis and the use of critical analytical frameworks<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=McLeod|first1=Sam|last2=Schapper|first2=Jake H.M.|last3=Curtis|first3=Carey|last4=Graham|first4=Giles|date=February 2019|title=Conceptualizing freight generation for transport and land use planning: A review and synthesis of the literature|journal=Transport Policy|volume=74|pages=24–34|doi=10.1016/j.tranpol.2018.11.007|hdl=20.500.11937/71069|s2cid=158794278 |hdl-access=free}}</ref> has increasingly been recognized as a key aspect of transport planning practice which integrates multiple planning criteria in generating, evaluating, and selection policy and project options.