ABSTRACT
3.01 Part II presents a series of guidelines for implementing the policies outlined in Part I. It draws heavily on Parts III and IV for the detailed technical considerations, approaches and evaluations necessary to improve access for the rural population living at the outer edges of a developing country's transport system. To the rural poor, transport problems begin at home and frequently end at the local marketplace, which may well be the terminus of the conventional road network. These people often have no concept of national, sectoral or programme objectives, policies and strategies that motivate the transport planner. However, the rural population are well aware of their own access problems and are often willing to accept minimal improvements, especially if they are induced to participate in some way in the decision-making process leading to the allocation of the limited resources available. In some cases a development project may lack any rudimentary existing RAI, such as a project in which immigrants are expected to settle in and improve an uninhabited area. The transportation planning task for such projects must develop a construction programme that is appropriate to the local environment and provides sufficient new transport infrastructure to accommodate the daily access needs of the immigrant population. The lack of an existing social structure within the new population often leads to a more ready acceptance of new techniques, both in transport and agriculture.
