Credit: Simphewe Nkwali (Eco-Mobiliy Johannesburg
* * * COLLABORATIVE THINKING EXERCISE (DRAFT 1) * * *
– Government of the people, by the people, for the people
Please have a look and, if interested, may we have your thoughts about these and other impact areas that in your view need to be taken into consideration in order to have a full and shared understanding of these impacts of the proposed and latest SDS Penang Transport Master Plan.
We need to be clear about this. The objective here is not to criticize or belittle the State’s efforts at improving the short-comings and potential of today’s transportation arrangements in Penang. Rather the goal is to provide open citizen feedback to their proposals to all levels of government, civil society and the public at large. As President Abraham Lincoln put it at a hard moment for history in America: “Government of the people, by the people, for the people”. Your responses are welcome here or to penang@ecoplan.org. Thank you.
ON A SCALE OF 0-10: please show us your views concerning how the proposals, measures and their potential set out in the SDS PTMP do in the following legitimate areas of citizen interest and concern. Some of these are quite specialized as you will see as your work your way down the list, but don’t let that bother you. Just share your views with the items that strike your attention. With a careful eye to both long and short term impacts (say in the coming three years, 2018-2020).
* * * For latest version of SDS MP : http://pgmasterplan.penang.gov.my — See below the listing of the principal infrastructure projects proposed by the plan.
EVALUATION: PTMP ROLE, PERFORMANCE AND POTENTIAL IN TERMS OF . . . . . .
- Accident prevention. Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Action Plan. Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Active transport (walking, cycling for day to day transport) . Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Children, school transport. Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Citizen/user: More & better choice. Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Civil Society – Full partnership, dialogue and interaction with NGOs and civil society. Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Climate change. Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Congestion relief Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- EcoDistricts. Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Economic efficiency. Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Economic Measures (congestion pricing, tolls, parking rates) . Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Education (Schools, general public) . Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Emissions . Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Indebtedness of State Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Environmental impacts. Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Equity. Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Family impacts. Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Financial impacts on community and individual citizens. Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Financial integrity of State economy. Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Flooding, heavy rains, erosion. Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Global warming. Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Green space, public space. Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Immediate relief (from flaws in present system) . Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Impact on national economy,balance of trade. Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Inclusive planning (versus closed “expert” planning and decision) . Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Does the plan take full advantage of these technologies and tools Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Land use impacts. Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Legislation, Policing Enforcement . Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Master Plan: How does it measure up overall by international comparisons as a Transport Master Plan? . Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Migrant worker impacts Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Mobility as a Right. Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Nature impacts. Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Parking strategy. Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Public Health. Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Public transport quality/modal share. Near-term: _____ Long-term _______
- Public/share transport priority (areas, lanes, times of day) . Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Quality of life for all. Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Safety, security. Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Share transport (ridesharing, carsharing, bicycle sharing, etc.) . Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Signage and signaling. Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Specific Problem solving, innovations, impacts in period: :2018-2020. Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Speed limits (and enforcement) . Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Street Code (Legal culpability for speeding and accident) . Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Sustainable Transport competence, expertise Near-term: ____ Long-term ___
- Technical Competence on the part of those responsible for the plan. Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Time impacts on Penangites in their day to day lives. Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Traditional community economic and social impacts. Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Transport for Penangites with mobility restrictions (handicapped, elderly, poor) . Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Women as community leaders. Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
- Women in their daily lives. Near-term: _______ Long-term _______
COMMENTARY: As you can see from this target list, It turns out that bringing sustainable, just and efficient transport to any city is a very big job indeed. No wonder that so many cities fail to achieve just that.
** Your comments on any and all here are more than welcome.
Reminder: Original infrastructure projects summary
Principal Infrastructure Project Summary
Total cost – ca. USD 10 billion (To confirm)
To summarize:
. . . and as can be clearly seen by the above summary: The original SRS PTMP attempts to offer a series of very high cost hardware/infrastructure initiativs to what is above all a management and communications challenge . . . the challenge of sustainable transportation, sustainable cities, and sustainable lives.
Policy conclusion: Back to the drawing board.
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