Description
Book SynopsisThe role and agency of the public is often a minor consideration for researchers, authorities, and other experts evaluating policy goals, strategies, and instruments within the transport sector. Public Participation in Transport in Times of Change analyses and discusses different forms of participation, challenges, and lessons to be learned across the field.
Chapters discuss various forms of public participation in connection to sustainable mobility, transport planning, policy packaging, health, infrastructure, and active travel, creating a comprehensive analysis relevant for both practitioners and researchers who operate within the transport field.
The Transport and Sustainability series addresses the important nexus between transport and sustainability containing volumes dealing with a wide range of issues relating to transport, its impact in economic, social, and environmental spheres, and its interaction with other policy sectors.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Chapter 1. What is public participation in transport in times of change?; Lisa Hansson, Claus Hedegaard Sørensen, and Tom Rye
Grass-roots participation initiatives
Chapter 2. Mobilizing for transit-oriented communities in Los Angeles; Lily Song
Chapter 3. Understanding the multiple roles of participation in Urban Mobility: An investigation of spaces for participation in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil; Aline Fernandes Barata, Tim Jones, and Sue Brownhill
Chapter 4. The potential for public participation in planning healthy urban mobility: the case of Oxford, United Kingdom; Ben Spencer, Tim Jones, Juliet Carpenter, and Sue Brownhill
Participation in unconventional areas
Chapter 5. Challenges for public participation in sustainable urban logistics planning: the experience of Rome; Ila Maltese, Alessandro Sciullo, Edoardo Marcucci, Valerio Gatta, and Tom Rye
Chapter 6. Uncommon commons: civic participation and the localized maintenance of road infrastructure in Sweden; Jens Alm and Alexander Paulsson
When public participation throws up unexpected results
Chapter 7. Messaging, emergencies and public discontent: implementing active travel initiatives during COVID19; Morgan Campbell
Chapter 8. Governing urban transport packages in Norway: understanding conditions for public participation; Anders Tønnesen, Julie Runde Krogstad, and Petter Christiansen
Chapter 9. Does more public participation in local and regional transport planning lead to “better” outcomes?; Tom Rye
Conclusion
Chapter 10. The transformational potential of public participation in transport; Claus Hedegaard Sørensen, Lisa Hansson, and Tom Rye
