Planning of National Transport Infrastructure
In the Islamic Countries
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Table 1: NTI Aspects included in the seven framework areas
Framework area Aspects of analysis
1. Political and legislation  Regulatory measures, legislative amendments, and
organizational changes recommended in the NTIP plans
 Degree of harmonization among national/regional
governments
2. Institutional and
organizational
 Institutional procedures
 Division of duties and responsibilities among governmental
agencies
 Integration with the inter/ trans-national transport networks
3. Technical factors  Integrated approach regarding transport modality
 Evaluation of alternatives between and prioritization among
transport modes
 Assessments of environmental impact of transport
infrastructure
 Development of multi-modal transport strategies
4. Procedural factors and
financing
 Realization of stakeholder approach and public inquiries and
debates
 Degree of participation of the stakeholders
 Measures/projections on the pricing of transport infrastructure
 Utilization of private finance and management to attract private
finance, improve the system performance and reduce capacity
bottlenecks
5. Content of NTI planning  Review and evaluation
 Financial planning perspective, including cost estimates, annual
allocations and sources of finance
 The objectives and performance measures on which the NTI
plans based on
 Incorporation of scenario analyses and forecasts into the NTI
plans
 Scientific approaches, methods, and techniques used
 Typical planning horizons
6. Data collection method  Data and statistics collection mechanisms and methods
 Implementation of household and industry surveys
7. Monitoring and
evaluation system.
 Follow-up and monitoring studies
 Major obstacles and drawbacks, success and failure factors of
the NTI planning implementations
 Effectiveness and success of the NTI planning practices
Furthermore, a survey is undertaken where two questionnaires are developed for two target
groups: OIC member states and academia/private institutions in order to gather their views on
the NTI planning process in their countries. The category private institutions also include state-
owned organizations such as railway companies and port authorities. The questionnaire result
of each target group is presented in Appendix 2.