APPROACHES TO TRANSPORT POLICY - TWO EXAMPLES FROM LONDON --HIGHWAY APPRAISAL AND DESIGN. PROCEEDINGS OF SEMINAR E HELD AT THE PTRC TRANSPORT & PLANNING SUMMER ANNUAL MEETING, BATH UNIV. ENGLAND 7-11 SEPTEMBER 1987, VOLUME P292

This paper compares the problem identification methods of the assessment studies with the policy goals approach of lspu. This paper considers the merits of two contrasting approaches to policies for London. The first is the goals-based policy assessment format first set out by the group of the strategic policy unit (lspu) in their document transport policies for London (tpl) in 1986. The second is the very different approach taken by the Department of Transport and their consultants in the corridor assessment studies which were published recently. The establishment, status and remit of the group of lspu is briefly described and the purpose of the tpl document explained. The innovative nature of the goals-based approach is presented; one which sees policy as an intimate part of broader social, economic and lane-use planning policies. Thus the importance of policies as part of a range of tools being used to tackle issues such as unemployment, poverty, equality of opportunity and community security is stressed. The context of the assessment studies is then described and the alternative approach of problem identification used in these studies is presented. Some variations between the four studies are noted, and the methods of establishing perceived and measured problems are reviewed.(a) for the covering abstract of the seminar see IRRD 816276.