Applying the System's Engineering methodology to the complete transport corridor
infrastructure bridges the business to engineering gap by adding up front
iterations of the process at the earliest concept design stage of the planning.
An important step towards bridging this gap and developing suitable supporting
infrastructure is in the recognition that the system and the transport services
provided deliver a product for customers.
This shifts the thinking in emphasis from infrastructure driving the business
to
business driving the infrastructure. Infrastructure is then viewed as a
supporting component of the overall product, recognising also that
infrastructure is a large and long term investment with lengthy time frames
needed for making changes. The bottom line of the infrastructure planning
process is to match the infrastructure to the business.
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