Strategies and plans

Sub-regional strategies and plans

Sub-regional strategies and plans are used to link regional land transport strategies (RLTSs) or community outcomes to implementation plans when these are contained in an RLTS. They link RLTSs (Chapter B3) to the formulation of packages and projects (Chapter C3).

Approved organisations can request funding assistance for the development of sub-regional strategies and plans (Chapter F2). Sub-regional strategies and plans should apply the integrated planning approach (Chapter B2).

Chapter B4 of the Planning, programming and funding manual 2008 will help transport planners, and transport network or service managers formulate sub-regional strategies and plans in accordance with the guidance given in chapters B1 and B2 of the manual.

  • Role and contents of sub-regional strategies and plans (B4.2)
  • Scope of sub-regional strategies or plans (B4.3)
  • Developing sub-regional strategies and plans (B4.4)
  • Advance initiatives and priorities (B4.5)
  • Prioritisation and programming of activities (B4.6)
  • NZTA support for strategies or plans (B4.7)
  • Assessment of completed strategies and plans (B4.8)

Regional land transport strategies

Regional land transport strategies (RLTSs) are the highest level of land transport planning at the local level. They provide the strategic link between national strategies and policies (Chapter B1) and the regional land transport programmes (RLTPs) (Part C). They are also integral to the integrated planning approach (Chapter B2).

Chapter B3 of the Planning, programming and funding manual 2008 will help regional and local planners to formulate their RLTSs in a way that is consistent with the guidance given in chapters B1 and B2 of the manual.

  • Regional land transport strategy role and contents (B3.2)
  • Scope of RLTS (B3.3)
  • Legislative and policy requirements of RLTS (B3.4)
  • Process for developing RLTS (B3.5)
  • Advance initiatives and priorities (B3.6)
  • Prioritisation of activities in an RLTS (B3.7)

Integrated planning

In order for the New Zealand Transport Strategy (NZTS) to achieve its objectives and for the Government Policy Statement (GPS) targets to be achieved, transport planning must be integrated both across the transport sector and between the transport sector and other sectors.

Integration allows individual activities to be coordinated to optimise outcomes and to achieve value for money. Without integration, individual activities may have unintended impacts on other activities and this can produce negative results.

For these reasons, integrated planning practice must be used through both statutory processes and non-statutory techniques.

Chapter B2 of the Planning, programming and funding manual 2008 covers the way in which planning is integrated at various levels.

  • Background to integrated planning (B2.2)
  • Integration with land-use planning (B2.3)
  • NZTAs expectations and principles supporting integrate planning (B2.4)
  • Transport mode planning and demand management (B2.5)
  • Considering alternatives (B2.6)
  • Key land transport processes (B2.7)

National strategies and policies

Chapter B1 of the Planning, programming and funding manual 2008 presents the components of government strategy and policy that are relevant to transport, particularly land transport, as follows:

  • The need for strategy and integrated planning (B1.2)
  • Government transport strategies (B1.3)
  • Government policy statement (GPS) on land transport funding (B1.4)
  • Regional dimension to the GPS (B1.5)
  • Heirarchy of land transport strategies, policies and programmes (B1.6)
  • Other relevant strategies and policies (B1.7)
  • NZTAs expectation for strategy development (B1.8)