Strategies are ways of organising how policies should be implemented in order to achieve specific outcomes.
The different types of strategies include:
Comprehensive strategies
Ø National multi-modal transport strategies
Ø Regional multi-modal strategies
Ø Sub-regional, urban area or corridor based multi-modal strategies
Ø Specific strategies
Ø Particular network based strategies (such as for road or rail)
Ø Individual mode strategies (such as for public transport or freight)
Ø Topic based strategies (such as for safety or pricing)
When appropriately developed, strategies ensure that the proposals are implemented in complementary and productive ways.
Individual proposals may be worthwhile when considered individually, but when considered in combination with other proposals, they may not make sense. The development of a strategy can assist in avoiding the unproductive combination of proposals.
Strategy development is also be used to maximise the effectiveness of transport system management and of improvement strategies.
All strategies have positive and negative aspects, and an assessment of the potential effects of alternative approaches is needed to allow optimum strategies to be determined.
