WORKSHOP ON STRATEGIC PLANNING. WORKSHOP SUMMARY

This summary of the Workshop on Strategic Planning identified the main components of strategic analysis as: (1) Sensing and analyzing the environment; (2) Anticipating changes and assessing their implications; (3) Specifying objectives; (4) Providing direction; and (5) Allocating resources. It was concluded that methods appropriate for strategic analysis are available. Any failings are in the lack of an institutional climate receptive to the strategic planning function and availability of data relevant to strategic analyses. Planning agencies at all levels allocate some resources to strategic planning but issues addressed in this function must be relevant to the agency. Results of strategic studies should be made available to agencies at other levels and illustrated with samples of successful applications. A process for monitoring, analyzing and describing the societal contexts should be established. It should include and analyze forecasts from other fields (individual and institutional behavior, technology, economy, physical environment). The process should maintain, monitor and analyze multi-period data related to perceptions, tastes and values as they relate to travel behavior. The workshop recognized the need to spur interest and communication between practitioners and decision makers.

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  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/sr/sr201/sr201-007.pdf
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  • Proceedings of a conference held October 3-7, 1982, Easton, Maryland. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
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• Authors:
  • Schultz, Debbie
  • Spielberg, Frank
• Conference:
  • Conference on Travel Analysis Methods for the 1980s
  • Location: Easton Maryland, United States
  • Date: 1982-10-3 to 1982-10-7
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: p 11
• Monograph Title: TRAVEL ANALYSIS METHODS FOR THE 1980S
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 201
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0360-859X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Institutional issues; Needs assessment; Resource allocation; Social factors; Strategic planning; Transportation planning; Travel behavior; Urban transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Analytical method
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00390193
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Oct 30 1984 12:00AM