The Transport Planning Unit (TPU) was established as a means to strengthen the capability of Government to better coordinate transport planning and monitor policy and developments in the transport sector and advice, strategic planning and coordination and investment programming assistance and the overall direction of its activities. This guided by inputs from external reference groups comprising representatives of key stakeholders in the transport sector, primarily through the National Transport Coordinating Committee (NTCC) and the National Transport Consultative Forum (NTCF).