A methodological approach in order to support decision-makers when defining Mobility and Transportation Politics



Subject

Short Term
(Measures/Objectives)

Middle Term
(Objectives/Desires)

Long Term
(Desires)

Municipality analysis - Generation and Attraction Potential - Industry

Tensions related to
municipality fragmentation
in the North and South

-Strengthen Alcobaça
Position

Grant Municipality
cohesion

Industrial development
and strengthening

-Pataias: Completation
and valorisation of the
present infra-structures
-Benedita: Economical
analysis of the proposed
business park

- Promotion of northern
industrial capability based
on excellent locations and
accessibility

- Benedita connection to

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Municipality analysis - Generation and Attraction Potential - Turism

Under exploitation of the
natural resources of the
Littoral: Sao Martinho do
Porto e Pataias

-Territorial Plan for Sao
Martinho do Porto and
Pataias

-Interaction with the
regional plan POOC______

Development of two high
quality tourism spots in
Pataias and Sao Martinho

Reinvent Tourism in
Alcobaça Municipality

- Increased participation of
the municipality of
Alcobaça at the Tourism
region of Leiria-Fatima.
- Increase the Internet
portal of the Tourism-
Region in order to make
the municipality more
appealing to the entire
region

-Expand the offer of
tourism packages
- Hotels and tourism
equipments development

Promote the municipality
of Alcobaça and its
potentiality in regional
Plans

Table 2 - Table of options

4. Conclusions

This paper aimed to expose the importance of mobility plans in regional and local policies. Being
a fundamental element to the well-being of society and its citizens, the transportation system has
cross impacts in many other sectors of society.

Simultaneously it was proposed a methodology to structure the analysis and proposals that will
serve as guide lines to the technicians as well as their own modus operandi on how to
communicate and interact with the different actors involved in setting up a mobility plan.

Those cross impacts are sometimes complex enough to be clearly perceived by the decision-
maker. Therefore an auxiliary instrument is hereby proposed to support decisions even before
plans are made.

With this methodology it is possible to help building a coherent policy with minor errors and with
larger gains regarding the investments to be made.

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