Prepare a policy paper for a new sustainable Transport & Mobility initiative that can be practically implemented within an Irish environment. Topics must be agreed in advance with the module coordinator. No topic can be covered more than once.
Policies should be evidence- and needs-based and must promote sustainable transport and mobility in a given Irish context. The policy and strategy should lead to increased mobility, positive environmental impacts and efficiencies in terms of transport provision. The paper must consider the target audience for developing and achieving formal acceptance of the policy.
i. Explain the policy and its objectives towards achieving or promoting integrated, sustainable transport & mobility.
ii. Set out the principle features of the policy and key stages / tasks / steps included in its implementation.
iii. Where applicable, include a survey of the target area and mobility levels therein.
iv. Where applicable, establish viable targets for the policy to achieve (mode transfer, emissions reduction, etc.)
v. Provide a context for the strategy, taking into consideration local and international best practice.
vi. Include an outline description of potential cost implications of planning, design and implementation of the proposal, where possible using comparative examples.
vii. Provide an overview of benefits, both to immediate beneficiaries and to wider society. Consider also any costs to particular groups and how these might be mitigated.
viii. Set out any environmental impacts, both positive and negative and any mitigations required in the case of negative impacts.
ix. Outline a roadmap to acceptance of the policy, i.e. what agencies are involved in approving, funding, delivering, maintaining and / or operating the proposed intervention?
x. Conclude with an overview of the policy scenario fully in place, as well as the alternative costs of non- implementation.
