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Transportation Planning - Workshop by MIT
Transportation Planning - Workshop by MIT
Fall 2006
Scope
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Forecasting:
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Short term
extrapolation:The future on
the basis of the past
Applicable to slow
incremental change
We tend to believe that
todays status quo will
continue for ever
We often ignore
Forecasting
Scenarios
uncertainty
predictability
And Scenarios
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Scenarios
"Scenarios transform information into
perceptions... It is a creative experience
that generates an 'Aha!' ... and leads to
strategic insights beyond the mind's
previous reach."
Pierre Wack GBN
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Reading on Scenarios
The Art of the Long View by Peter
Schwartz
Scenarios: The Art of Strategic
Conversation by Kees van der Heijden
Scenarios: Why?
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Scenarios: How?
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Scenarios: Stages
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2.
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Scenarios: Rules
Goal:
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Demographics as an example
CANADA
Fertility rate:
Birth rate:
their lifetime
Total no of births
the population
Female
80
60
Age
Male
40
20
0
300
200
100
100
200
300
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Population in Thousands
Canada's Population Pyramids, 1996
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Demographics:
Mujer Ocupada
65-70
Hombre Ocupado
60-65
Mujer
55-60
Hombre
>=75
70-75
50-55
45-50
65-70
40-45
60-65
35-40
25-30
50-55
20-25
45-50
15-20
10-15
40-45
5-10
35-40
0-5
-80000
-60000
-40000
-20000
Hombre Ocupado
Mujer
Hombre
55-60
30-35
-100000
Mujer Ocupada
30-35
0
20000
40000
60000
80000
100000
25-30
20-25
15-20
10-15
>=75
70-75
5-10
Mujer Ocupada
65-70
0-5
Hombre Ocupado
60-65
Mujer
Hombre
55-60
-100000
-80000
-60000
-40000
-20000
20000
40000
60000
80000
100000
50-55
45-50
40-45
35-40
30-35
25-30
20-25
>=75
15-20
10-15
70-75
5-10
65-70
Mujer Ocupada
Hombre Ocupado
0-5
-100000
-80000
-60000
-40000
-20000
20000
40000
60000
80000
60-65
100000
Mujer
Hombre
55-60
50-55
45-50
40-45
>=75
70-75
35-40
Mujer Ocupada
Hombre Ocupado
65-70
60-65
30-35
Mujer
Hombre
55-60
25-30
20-25
50-55
45-50
15-20
40-45
35-40
10-15
30-35
5-10
25-30
0-5
20-25
15-20
-100000
10-15
-80000
-60000
-40000
-20000
20000
40000
60000
80000
100000
5-10
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0-5
-100000
-80000
-60000
-40000
-20000
20000
40000
60000
80000
100000
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Demographics
Real estate?
Transit use?
2.50
Transit
Drive
2.00
1.50
Establish number of
0.50
0.00
5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70+
Age
Note: Statistics are for 1986.
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Demographics
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Communication Tools
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words (7%),
how words are said (38%), and,
non verbal clues (55%)
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Communication Tools
learned
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Listening
1st
Speaking
2nd
Reading
3rd
Writing
4th
used
taught
Most
Least
(45%)
Next most Next least
(30%)
Next least Next most
(16%)
Least (9%)
Most
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Communication Tools
The Visual
Display of
Quantitative
Information by
Edward R. Tufte
plus the two
follow-up books
a must-read
reference
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Communication Tools
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Out-of-the-box thinkers
Edward de Bono:
Michael Michalko:
Thinking Tools
Six thinking hats
Lateral Thinking
Cracking Creativity
ThinkerToys
Many others
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Mindmapping
See MindMapping by Tony Buzan et al
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Mindmapping
You see what you
know and where the
gaps are
Clears your mind of
mental clutter
It works well for
group brainstorming
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Mindmapping
A whole-brain
alternative to
linear thinking
Retain both
the overall
picture and the
details
Promote
associations
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Mindmapping
You see what you
know and where the
gaps are
Clears your mind of
mental clutter
It works well for
group brainstorming
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Mindmapping
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Mind-Mapping
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Mind-Mapping
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Mind-Mapping
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www.mindjet.com
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