Working on sustainability, or working on the integration of land use planning and transport planning, often requires planning methods and policy processes that differ from the methods that are standard in the world of transport planning. Effective sustainable policies often arise from intensive forms of collaboration between people working in different policy domains. Collaboration is not self evident. It does not fit routine and requires extra effort from personnel. Many suitable opportunities for more sustainable policies are not utilised. Another challenge lies in the fact that many proposals for integrated transport policies show good intentions, but lack the links with implementation. In the Netherlands a few initiatives were started to enhance the quality and effectiveness of the work of transport engineers. One project focuses on professional education and training. The assignment comes from a collaboration between several Dutch organisations supporting the domain of transport, infrastructure and design (KPVV, NIROV, CROW and VSN), working together in the program Space and Mobility. The project will create an overview of the concepts and procedures that govern the behaviour of transport engineers, and that are decisive for the output of their work. The project also investigates the factors that support forms of collaboration, that lead to a more sustainable outcome of this work. In the end, the project will stimulate the world of education and training to renew its activities in this respect. For the covering abstract please see ITRD E135207.
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