| Traditional transport planning | Sustainable urban mobility planning |
| Focus on traffic | Focus on people |
| Primary objectives: traffic flow, capacity and speed | Primary objectives: accessibility and quality of life, as well as sustainability, economic viability, social equity, health and environmental quality |
| Modal-focused | Balanced development of all relevant transport modes and shift towards cleaner and more sustainable transport modes |
| Infrastructure focus | Integrated set of actions to achieve cost-effective solutions |
| Sectorial planning document | Sectorial planning document that is consistent and complementary to related policy areas (such as land use and spatial planning; social services; health; enforcement and policing; etc.) |
| Short- and medium-term delivery plan | Short- and medium-term delivery plan embedded in a long-term vision and strategy |
| Related to an administrative area | Related to a functioning area based on travel-to-work patterns |
| Domain of traffic engineers | Interdisciplinary planning teams |
| Planning by experts | Planning with the involvement of stakeholders using a transparent and participatory approach |
| Limited impact assessment | Regular monitoring and evaluation of impacts to inform a structured learning and improvement process |