Rural Transport Training Materials - 2013

Table of Contents



Contents of RTTM– 2013

Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4 Module 5

Training Materials for Module 1: Policies and Strategies

Session Training Materials Title
Introduction Trainers’ Notes Introduction Session
Presentation Introduction Session
Activity Sheet 1 Stakeholders and institutions involved in Rural Transport: Venn Diagramn
Activity Sheet 2 Stakeholders in rural transport: Institutional and Poverty issues
>Activity Sheet 3 Transport and Gender Analysis

Session 1.1 Trainers’ Notes 1.1 New directions for Rural Transport
Presentation 1.1 Directions in Rural Transport since 2000
Activity Sheet 4 Rural Transport Linkages
Technical Paper 1.1 New directions in Rural Transport

Session 1.2 Trainers’ Notes 1.2 Broad policy frameworks and locating rural transport
Presentation 1.2a Broad policy frameworks and locating rural transport
Presentation 1.2b #1 Peru Rural Roads project
Presentation 1.2b #2 India : Andhra Pradesh economic restructuring project
Presentation 1.2b #3 Yemen’s rural access road project (RAP)
Presentation 1.2b #4 Ethiopian Rural Travel & Transport Program (ERTTP)
Presentation 1.2b #5 Framework for addressing spatial considerations in national poverty reduction strategies
Activity Sheet 5 Applying the new framework
Activity Sheet 6 Gaps between existing & future policy directions
Activity Sheet 7 Peru case study - lessons (# 1)
Activity Sheet 8 Peru case study – transport, poverty, growth (#1)
Activity Sheet 9 India case study – results (# 2)
Activity Sheet 10 India case study - transport, poverty, growth (#2)
Activity Sheet 11 Yemen case study – lessons (# 3)
Activity Sheet 12 Yemen case study – transport, poverty, growth (#3)
Activity Sheet 13 Ethiopia case study – lessons (# 4)
Activity Sheet 14 Ethiopia case study – transport, poverty, growth (# 4)
Activity Sheet 15 Framework (spatial aspects of poverty) (# 5)
Technical Paper 1.2 Broad policy frameworks and locating rural transport

Session 1.3 Trainers’ Notes 1.3 Part1: Village Level Transport

Part 2: Travel and Transport in Rural Communities
Philippines: Case Study
Presentation 1.3a Village Level Transport
Presentation 1.3b Travel and Transport in Rural Communities Philippines Case Study
Activity Sheet 16 Timeline
Activity Sheet 17 Household Survey
Activity Sheet 18 Philippines Case Study

Session 1.4 Trainers’ Notes 1.4 Part 1: Socio-economic Impact of Rural Transport Interventions

Part 2: The Impact of Feeder Road Investment on Accessibility and Agricultural Development in Ghana
Presentation 1.4a Socio-economic Impact of Rural Transport Interventions
Presentation 1.4b The Impact of Feeder Road Investment on Accessibility Agricultural Development in Ghana
Activity Sheet 19 The Great Debate. Roads Investment & Poverty Alleviation
Activity Sheet 20 The Impact of Feeder Road Investment on Accessibility and Agricultrual Development in Ghana

Session 1.5 Trainers’ Notes 1.5 Part 1: Rural Transport Policy Development Process

Part 2: Case Study from Malawi
Presentation 1.5a Rural Transport Policy Development Process
Presentation 1.5b Case Study from Malawi
Activity Sheet 21 Models and Options for Managing Rural Roads
Activity Sheet 22 Policy Measures for IMT
Activity Sheet 23 Rural Transport Policy Development Process in Malawi

Session 1.6 Trainers’ Notes 1.6 Part 1: Rural Transport Safety Strategy

Part 2: Case Study from Nepal
Presentation 1.6a Rural Transport Safety Strategy
Presentation 1.6b Case Study from Nepal. An Affordable Safety Barrier
Activity Sheet 24 Road Safety
Activity Sheet 25 The Gabion Safety Barrier (Advantages and Disadvantages)
Activity Sheet 26 Case Study from Nepal. An Affordable Safety Barrier



Training Materials for Module 2: Planning, Design, Appraisal and Implementation

Session Training Materials Title
Session 2.1 Trainers’ Notes 2.1 Part 1: Participatory rural planning process.

Part 2: Developing a local government transport master plan: case study.
Presentation 2.1a Participatory rural planning process
Presentation 2.1b#1 Rural transport services: case study
Presentation 2.1b#2 Developing a local government transport master plan (LGTMP): case study
Activity Sheet 27 Key Stages of Participatory Rural Planning (PRP)
Activity Sheet 28 Institutional Issues
Activity Sheet 29 Monitoring & Evaluation for Access Planning
Activity Sheet 30 Using situation and problem analysis to improve rural transport services
Activity Sheet 31 Case Study on development of a LGTMP

Session 2.2 Trainers Notes 2.2 Part 1: Design of rural transport infrastructure.

Part 2: The use of self-help for low volume road
Presentation 2a Design of rural transport infrastructure
Presentation 2b The use of self-help for low volume road construction. Case Study: Indonesia
Activity Sheet 32 Concepts and Definitions
Handout 32 Concepts and Definitions (answers to card game)
Activity Sheet 33 Experiences of spot improvement and labour-based Approaches in other countries
Activity Sheet 34 Analysis of the key issues for self-help initiatives

Session 2.3 Trainers’ Notes 2.3 Part 1: Rural road economic appraisal Methodolog

Part 2: Economic analysis of a rural basic access road Project. Case Study - Andhra Pradesh, India
Presentation 2.3a Méthodologie d'évaluation économique des routes rurales
Presentation 2.3b#1 Core sector indicators and definitions for roads: Case study
Presentation 2.3b#2 Economic Analysis of a Rural Basic Access Road Project. Case Study from Andhra Pradesh, India
Activity Sheet 35 Advantages and problems with poverty-based screening.
Activity Sheet 36 Assessing the cost of interrupted access.
Activity Sheet 37 Defining and measuring indicators
Activity Sheet 38 Impact of road improvements.

Session 2.4 Trainers’ Notes 2.4 Part 1: Labour-based works methodology

Part 2: Employment creation and labour-based technology in road works: Ugandan case study
Presentation 2.4a Labour-based works methodology
Presentation 2.4b Employment creation and labour-based technology in road works: Ugandan case study
Activity Sheet 39 The case for labour-based methods
Activity Sheet 40 Contractual procedures for social aims
Activity Sheet 41 Increasing the scope for the use of labour-based methods

Session 2.5 Trainers’ Notes 2.5 Part 1: Small scale contractor development

Part 2: A comparison of four contractor development programmes: Case Study
Presentation 2.5a Small scale contractor development
Presentation 2.5b A comparison of four contractor development programmes: Case Study
Activity Sheet 42 An institutional framework for privatisation
Activity Sheet 43 Increasing private sector contracting capability

Session 2.6 Trainers’ Notes 2.6 Part 1: Community Participation in Rural Transport Infrastructure

Part 2: The Western Uganda road maintenance project: a case study on community participation
Presentation 2.6a Community Participation in Rural Transport Infrastructure
Presentation 2.6b Western Uganda road maintenance project: a case study on community participation
Activity Sheet 44 Types of Participation
Activity Sheet 45 Project stages for community participation
Activity Sheet 46 WURMCBP - giving a technical project a ‘human face’

Session 2.7 Trainers’ Notes 2.7 Principles and Techniques for Participatory Rural Transport Surveys
Presentation 2.7 Principles and Techniques for Participatory Rural Transport Surveys
Activity Sheet 47 Participatory Mapping of Transport
Activity Sheet 48 Venn Diagrams
Activity Sheet 49 Travel Time Budgets and Activity Profiles
Activity Sheet 50 >Matrix ranking
Activity Sheet 51 Transport and Gender Issues
Activity Sheet 52 Applying PRA to rural transport



Training Materials for Module 3: Management and Financing

Session Training Materials Title
Session 3.1 Trainers’ Notes 3.1 Part 1: Issues of local level management.

Part 2: Case Study: New institutional framework in Guatemala.
Presentation 3.1a Issues of local level management.
Presentation 3.1b A new institutional framework for the management and finance of municipal rural roads: A case study from Guatemala
Activity Sheet 53 Community failure to take responsibility for access roads and paths
Activity Sheet 54 New institutions for managing rural roads

Session 3.2 Trainers’ Notes 3.2 Part 1: General Road Management Issues.

Part 2: The Zambian experience of a good road fund: case study
Presentation 3.2a General road management issues. Managing roads like a business – not like a bureaucracy.
Presentation 3.2b The Zambian experience of a road fund: A case study
Activity Sheet 55 Bureaucracy or business?
Activity Sheet 56 Commercial road funding
Activity Sheet 57 Managing roads like a business

Session 3.3 Trainers’ Notes 3.3 Part 1: Financing Rural Transport Infrastructure

Part 2: Community Financing of infrastructure. Case studies from Mexico, Zambia and Egypt
Presentation 3.3a Financing Rural Transport Infrastructure
Presentation 3.3b Community financing of infrastructure. Case studies from Mexico, Zambia and Egypt
Activity Sheet 58 Comparative advantages of communities and government
Activity Sheet 59 Thinking about community infrastructure financing



Training Materials for Module 4: Rural Mobility

Session Training Materials Title
Session 4.1 Trainers’ Notes 4.1 Part 1: Rural Mobility: Overview of issues

Part 2: The provision of conventional rural transport services. Case study: Mali
Presentation 4.1a Overview of the issues
Presentation 4.1b The provision of conventional rural transport services. Case study: Mali
Activity Sheet 60 Issues of Rural Mobility
Activity Sheet 61 Promoting Rural Mobility
Activity Sheet 62 Provision of rural transport service: Mali

Session 4.2 Trainers’ Notes 4.2 Part 1: Promoting the use of intermediate means of transport- vehicle choice, potential barriers and criteria for success

Part 2: Promoting the use of IMTs : Case study Sri Lanka
Presentation 4.2a Promoting the use of intermediate means of transport- vehicle choice, potential barriers and criteria for success
Presentation 4.2b Promoting the use of IMTs: Case study Sri Lanka
Activity Sheet 63 The adoption of IMTs
Activity Sheet 64 Is training enough?
Activity Sheet 65 IMTs – what matters most?
Activity Sheet 66 Uses of IMTs in Sri Lanka

Session 4.3 Trainers’ notes 4.3 Part 1: Agricultural marketing and access to transport services.

Part 2: Community Access to marketing opportunities: Malawi Case Study
Presentation 4.3a Agricultural marketing and access to transport services
Presentation 4.3b Community Access to marketing opportunities: Malawi Case Study
Activity Sheet 67 IMTs and marketing infrastructure development
Activity Sheet 68 A market approach from Malawi

Session 4.4 Trainers’ Notes 4.4 Part 1: Matching the demand with supply in rural transport.

Part 2: Rural roads: a market approach with concepts for finance and organisation.
Presentation 4.4a Matching demand with supply in rural transport
Presentation 4.4b Rural roads: a market approach with concepts for finance and organisation
Activity Sheet 69 Rural marketing structures
Activity Sheet 70 Infrastructure development in Bangladesh



Training Materials for Module 5: Social and Environmental Issues

Session Training Materials Title
Session 5.1 Trainers’ Notes 5.1 Part 1: Social benefits of rural transport.

Part 2: Case studies: Kenya, Vietnam, Uganda
Presentation 5.1a Social benefits of rural transport
Presentation 5.1b#1 Social benefits of rural transport: a mixed response from a road improvement project in the Thuchi-Nkubu are: Case Study Kenya
Presentation 5.1b#2 Choosing rural road investments to reduce poverty: An approach to capturing non-monetary benefits: Case study Vietnam
Presentation 5.1b#3 Towards the mainstreaming of an approach to include social benefits within the road appraisal: Case study Uganda
Activity Sheet 71 Social impact of rural transport
Activity Sheet 72 Effect of a new road on travel. Kenya case study
Activity Sheet 73 Integrating social and economic analysis for assessing road investments. Vietnam case study
Activity Sheet 74 omparing benefits and costs of road investments. Uganda case study

Session 5.2 Trainers’ Notes 5.2 Part 1:Women and rural transport in development

Part 2:Women and rural transport in Africa and Asia: case studies
Presentation 5.2a Women and rural transport in Africa and Asia: case studies
Presentation 5.2b Women and rural transport in Africa and Asia: case studies
Activity Sheet 75 Women’s activities and transport
Activity Sheet 76 Addressing women’s transport issues
Activity Sheet 77 Reflections on the Ghana and Tamil Nadu experiences

Session 5.3 Trainers’ Notes 5.3 Part 1: Transport and sustainable rural livelihoods.

Part 2: The application of transport and sustainable rural livelihoods in Zambia: a case study
Presentation 5.3a Transport and sustainable rural livelihoods
Presentation 5.3b The application of transport and sustainable rural livelihoods in Zambia: a case study
Activity Sheet 78 Impact of transport on the livelihoods of the rural poor
Activity Sheet 79 Transport and rural livelihoods in specific countries

Session 5.4 Trainers’ Notes 5.4 Part 1: Environmental impact assessment and management.

Part 2: Environmental impact assessment case study South Africa
Presentation 5.4a Environmental impact assessment and management
Presentation 5.4b Environmental impact assessment case study Mkuze river crossing to Phelendaba, South Africa
Activity Sheet 80 Environmental impacts of rural roads
Activity Sheet 81 Weighing the evidence: which road alignment should be selected

Session 5.5 Trainers’ Notes 5.5 Part 1: Rural transport survey techniques.

Part 2: An investigation into the constraints of the availability of motorised transport in rural Ghana
Presentation 5.5a Rural transport survey techniques
Presentation 5.5b An investigation into the constraints of the availability of motorised transport services in rural Ghana
Activity Sheet 82 Applying the survey techniques
Activity Sheet 83 Transport survey methods in Ghana

Session 5.6 Trainers’ Notes 5.6 Part 1: Role play on rural transport
Presentation 5.6 Role play on rural transport