Here's how you can assess the success of a transportation planning initiative effectively.

The text underscores the necessity of clearly defining success for transportation initiatives by setting SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound) goals. Establishing such goals allows for precise tracking and evaluation of progress. For instance, to reduce traffic congestion, a city might aim to cut average commute times by 10% within two years. This clear objective facilitates subsequent data analysis to determine whether targets are met and how much the initiative has contributed to the desired changes. By focusing on SMART goals, planners can ensure that their efforts are goal-oriented, measurable, and capable of yielding tangible results.

Transport planning is the top most essential commodity in finalysing the human life especially in Mrtro cities. Value of time decides many components of life in City. Good Transport plan make life very happier and helps of acomplishing of many goals.

Along with many quantitative measurable parameters the qualitative parameters such as time speed and non-congestion situation decides the essence of Transport planning.

Impact analysis of any Transport planning inetiative will give the value of success and maximum achiving the set goals. So it is essential to decide the cost benefit ratio.

The Admins of any projects can collect feed back while Community is using the various components of Transport inetiatives especially public transport systems. This certainly improves the future planning.

Not only costs, in transportation appraisal, to achieve the goal we must consider the options and the cost/benefit ratio for each option. What's often overlooked is considering the alternatives. For instance, if the goal is to connect 2 islands, and the major is proposing a bridge; why not a ferry system? Or an underground tunnel? Why do the islands need to be connected in the first place? Each question entails a cost. The costs itself comprise of not only financial, but of non-financial such as environmental and economic impacts.

Review of costs in any project is a criticle aspect so as to execute the project in total at a dtreach or phased manner. The cost benefit ratio is also very important factor.

To improve, two things can be added: the stakeholders and land use considerations. Stakeholder's and entities of interests play important role in the decision making of a success in transportation planning. Knowing who have power and bargaining the right deal that makes everyone happy is the top priority for a transportation planner. A mega project is very political, and we must appreciate the everyone's political stake. On the other hand, transportation and land use are like space and time. They are like chicken and egg; which one is first? If transportation is being planned, the land use must be planned. We can produce transportation solution by designing the land use. In the planning process, both should talk with each other.