Planning & Evaluation of a Major Public Transport Facility

An action learning course
Planning & Evaluation of a Major Public Transport Facility
29 September — 1 October 2004

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	Day 1: Wednesday 29 September - Basic Project Planning & Demand Assessment
	8:30-12:00: Course objective, case study description, outcome & relevant theory • Presentation of the case and materials/ introductions (Phil Sayeg) • Description of types of potential benefits and costs and four essential components of work: demand analysis, bus operations assessment, economic / financial evaluation/multi-criteria analysis (MCA) and link to policy issues (Phil Sayeg) • Lecture for key aspects of transport planning theory, generalised costs for modelling & evaluation, Value of Time, sources of information (Professor Luis Ferreira) • Existing case study demand characteristics, link to IRTP targets, demographic information & population trends, available zoning systems & bus route data for planning purposes (Phil Sayeg) 12:00-1:00 Lunch	1:00-4:30: Planning & demand “hands on” practical small group exercises • Develop/discuss suitable trip rates for analysis for various analysis years & in context of alternative levels of public transport service • Discuss/develop appropriate trip distribution assumptions • Apply these assumptions using spreadsheet provided to calculate demand and generalised costs/benefits) • Finalise demand and generalised cost estimates using spreadsheet provided
	Day 2: Thursday 30 September - Benefit & Resource Estimation
	8:30-12:00: Approach to benefit estimation & simplified bus operations planning • Detailed description of different types of benefits & costs to be incurred (Phil Sayeg) • Lecture on benefit estimation for bus & other users, generated demand & difference between financial and economic analysis and other resource savings (eg bus resources) (Professor Luis Ferreira) • “Sketch planning” bus operations analysis - principles for developing a strategic bus operations plan for the project & estimation of bus resource changes (Phil Sayeg) 12:00-1:00 Lunch	1:00-4:30: Benefit & resource estimation “hands on” practical small group exercises • Develop various bus operations plans for a base & project case situation using information on existing bus routes etc supplied on base map • Estimate bus resource characteristics of each bus operations plan for varying level of service assumptions using supplied spreadsheet • Discuss & calculate benefits and costs using supplied spreadsheet for varying levels of service
	Day 3: Friday 1 October - Economic & Financial analysis and Multi-Criteria Analysis
	8:30-12:00: Putting it all together – theory & practical • Review of days 1 and 2 • Lecture on discounted cash flow analysis & decision criteria for economic & financial analysis & sensitivity testing (Professor Phil Charles) • Lecture on Multi-Criteria Analysis (Phil Sayeg) • Attendees to spend rest of morning to do first cut of economic and financial analysis using spreadsheet 12:00-1:00 Lunch	1:00-4:30: Putting it all together – practical small group exercises (cont) • Re-map economic and financial evaluation etc into MCA format • Group discussion: how to apply the principles to evaluate other proposed projects that are currently being proposed; review findings & link to policy; issues eg data quality; & lessons learnt from course Disclaimer: The Organisers reserve the right to cancel or change any aspect of the program without notice.

Jointly presented by
Policy Appraisal Services, the University of Queensland & Queensland University of Technology