Wat betekent brede welvaart voor mobiliteit (en v.v.)?

At this moment, a lot of considerations in transport policy and the appraisal of project alternatives for transport and land use are dominated by criteria that are based (too) heavily on paradigms that focus on fighting congestion, optimising travel times and the increase of road capacity. The increasing attention for other fields of public policy, such as social inclusion, climate effects and the quality of public space, require a more broad and integrated view on the way we make choices for spatial planning and mobility. The Dutch Council for Environment and Infrastructure (Raad voor Leefomgeving en Infrastructuur, RLI) has used this line of reasoning in its advise to the Dutch parliament, using the term ‘well-being’, or, literally translated from Dutch ‘broad welfare’. The underlying terms and definitions were previously defined for the Dutch economy as a whole by the Dutch Statistics Bureau (Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, CBS). These terms and definitions do not easily connect to the daily practice of policy makers at (decentralised) governments, if at all. In order to bridge that gap, CROW has started to make this conversion possible. In the ‘thesaurus for well-being and mobility’, CROW will develop a system for the everyday use of well-being in transport policy making and project appraisal. This system is nested within an interactive learning environment, where professionals can discuss and conduct further research. This paper will explain why we need to start working on this thesaurus and how this relates to, for instance, the elaboration of the Dutch national Climate Agreement and regional policy plans for mobility. If we can use this thesaurus-under-construction in the development of policy (including different levels of environmental and zoning plans, as mentioned in the new national law for environmental and spatial planning which is currently being put into place), forecasting studies and cost/benefit analyses. This can help to create a common ground for policy makers from the realms of mobility, spatial planning, environment and social work in their daily jobs.