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This chapter introduces the basic principles and practices of transport node and nodal system planning, with a special focus on the roles of institutions in the planning process and outcomes of transport infrastructure projects. Through an investigation of two projects undertaken during the past two decades in East Asia and North America, namely, site selection for the construction of the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal (a transportation node in Hong Kong, China) and the construction process of CentrePort Canada Way [a highway dedicated to enhance the connection between CentrePort Canada (Winnipeg's inland terminal) and the Trans-Canada Highway in Canada], respectively, it identifies the major issues in transport project planning, notably how institutions would act as a barrier and a catalyst. We argue that institutions can act as both a barrier and a catalyst in the planning and outcomes of transport project planning, depending on real circumstances as well as on how decision-makers react to shocks and challenges. Indeed, one is unlikely to comprehensively understand and implement (often capital-intensive) transport projects effectively and efficiently if they do not understand the impacts that institutions can have on them. Hence it adds substantial insight into a very important aspect that transportation planners, managers, and policymakers need to tackle when undertaking project planning. |
