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development in the selected five cities; however, mobility measures and actions are neither easy to implement nor simple. Thus, to answer the research question, the methodology proposed has been based on qualitative methods to scrutinize the selected strategic documents published by planning departments (Table 4) objects of this thesis and uncover the mobility processes behind their development, implementation, and monitoring phases according to the SUMP guidelines. Hence, the primary documents that have been analyzed are marked with a *symbol; the others are complementary documents used for specific parts of the analysis. In addition, if not specified in Table 4, the available language is English. Further, in the following subsections, the methods that have been used for the analyses have been concisely described.

Table 4. Overview of selected strategic documents that have been analyzed for this thesis. Source: Author

Type

SUMP Total

SUMP Total

SUMP

SUMP

SUMP SUMP Monitoring & Evaluation Handbook Total

SUMP

SUMP

Total

Strategic Mobility Vision Mobility Action Plan

Total Total Title Vienna, AUSTRIA

STEP 2025 Urban Mobility Plan Vienna (Vienna City Administration, 2014a)*

Brussels, BELGIUM

Good Move Plan regional de mobilité 2020-2030 (Regional mobility plan 20202030), only available in French or Dutch (Bruxelles Mobilité, 2020b)*

Budapest, HUNGARY

BMT - Budapest Mobility Plan 2030 - Volume I Objectives & Measures (BKK Budapesti Közlekedési Központ, 2019a)* BMT - Budapest Mobility Plan 2030 - Volume II Transport Development and Investment Programme (BKK Budapesti Közlekedési Központ, 2019b)* BMT - Budapest Mobility Plan 2030 - (Project data sheets), only available in Hungarian (BKK Budapesti Közlekedési Központ, 2019c) A Balázs Mór-tervhez kapcsolódó programozási, illetve hatáselemzési és értékelési (Development of impact analysis and evaluation methodology program related to the Balázs Mór plan), only available in Hungarian (BKK Budapesti Közlekedési Központ, 2016)

Rome, ITALY

PUMS Roma - Piano Urbano della Mobilità Sostenibile - Volume 1 - Quadro conoscitivo ed obiettivi (framework and objectives), only available in Italian (Roma Servizi per la Mobilità, 2019a)* PUMS Roma - Piano Urbano della Mobilità Sostenibile - Volume 2 - Strategie | Azioni | Scenari | Valutazioni | Monitoraggio (Strategies | Actions | Scenarios | Evaluations | Monitoring), only available in Italian (Roma Servizi per la Mobilità, 2019b)*

Lisbon, PORTUGAL

MOVE Lisboa, visão estratégica para a mobilidade 2030 (Strategic Vision for Mobility 2030), available in Portuguese and English (Lisboa Câmara Municipal, 2020)*

PAMUS - Plano de Ação de Mobilidade Urbana Sustentável da Área Metropolitana de

Lisboa - Volume I Relatório (Sustainable Urban Mobility Action Plan for Lisbon Metropolitan Area - Volume I Report), only available in Portuguese (AML, 2019)

N. of pages

124 pp. 124 pp.

290 pp. 290 pp.

100 pp.

152 pp.

311 pp.

87 pp.

650 pp.

287 pp.

314 pp.

601 pp.

72 pp.

261 pp.

333 pp. 1.998 pp.

3.2.1. Descriptive Coding | SUMP 12 Steps elements

Strategic documents are pivots, connecting the expert and the audience (Kornberger, 2012). However, those documents usually result in much material, so it is necessary to adopt methods to deal with them practically and coherently. Hence, qualitative coding data is an excellent way to categorize text content and establish a structure of thematic ideas. However, it is essential to mention that coding data is not a procedure that should result in something enigmatic or secret, as the concept of is often understood. Therefore, it is a clear and explicit procedure in which words, phrases, or expressions are attributed to specific parts of a text to summarize the idea from the data along the analysis process (Gibbs, 2007).

Moreover, or has been chosen to organize the data from the strategic documents of the five selected case studies. Generally, this coding method is appropriate for extensive data collection to be handled, which matches the scenario of this thesis. In addition, descriptive coding is a straightforward approach to classifying qualitative data, allowing the researcher to better understand the work for further investigation (Saldaña, 2013).

Hence, the selected strategic documents, listed in Table 4, have been incorporated and manually coded using software to help categorize the vast amount of qualitative data for further analyses. Therefore, the coding guide (Figure 31) has been created and classified based on the SUMP 12 Steps elements shown in the literature review representing the SUMP cycle. Moreover, the interrelations represented with different types of arrows have been done based on SUMP guidelines. It has been mentioned that the SUMP 12 steps do not strictly happen in sequence but also can happen along with other steps and activities at the same time. Furthermore, succeeding in implementing one step could be directly influenced by the previous accomplishment of another (Rupprecht Consult, 2019). Thus, the SUMP cycle also reflects the holistic approach it fosters. In addition, these elements have also helped structure the analysis and their results between the main four phases i. preparation and analysis; ii. strategy development; iii. measure planning; iv. implementation and monitoring