In the past ten years, the integration of land use and transport projects was prominently present on the national and regional policy agendas. However, the past four years the policies and applied instruments have been under revision. Simultaneously, the EU-project TRANSPLUS has identified best practices in the organisation of measures in land use and transport planning. Therefore this report identifies and explores the experiences with land use and transport planning in 23 European cities. The TRANSPLUS (TRANSport Planning, Land Use and Sustainability) project is an EC supported project under the 'City of Tomorrow and Cultural Heritage' key action. Its Mission Statement is: 'TRANSPLUS will identify best practice in the organisation of land use and transport measures in order to reduce car dependency in European cities and regions and promote economic, social and environmental improvement'. On the basis of the case studies examined, we conclude that European experiences might be of great interest for Dutch professionals in land use and transport planning, especially with regard to the development of new urban centres around public transport nodes and with regard to the implementation of projects. Though differences between cities across Europe might be large concerning for example social, cultural or economic aspects, there are still many similarities. In our view, it will never be possible to transfer successful solutions or policies directly from one city to another, especially on a European scale. It is more likely that experiences in other European cities can stimulate local policy developments or illustrate ideas that were already introduced in another country. Case studies are often more convincing for politicians and the general public than the results of complex modelling studies. In best practice, parts of one policy can be transferred to that of another city. This report also presents a framework to assess the transferability of best practices to and from the Netherlands. A four-step method has been developed to enable the transferability of (parts of) policies and/or solutions. (Author/publisher)
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