TY - JOUR
T1 - The governance of attractive public transport: Informal institutions, institutional entrepreneurs, and problem-solving know-how in Oslo and Amsterdam
AU - Hirschhorn, Fabio
AU - van de Velde, Didier
AU - Veeneman, Wijnand
AU - ten Heuvelhof, Ernst
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Public authorities are under mounting pressure to promote more sustainable urban mobility, including a modal shift from cars. With an empirical focus on Oslo and Amsterdam metropolitan areas, this paper analyses how the interplay between formal frameworks, informal institutions, and individuals’ agency can contribute to making public transport more attractive in relation to other modes. Findings indicate that formal frameworks, informal institutions, and key actors co-exist and interact in complementary, substitutive, and accommodating manner; they work alongside each other to facilitate collective decision-making on issues ranging from integrating land use and transport to dealing with budget constraints. By identifying these types of interaction, this study shows that, to advance transport sustainability, authorities not only need insight on what policies to design, but can also benefit from understanding how policy-making and implementation unfold. A broader insight offered by the paper is that financial performance goals appear as a main policy driver in public transport, eclipsing sustainability concerns.
AB - Public authorities are under mounting pressure to promote more sustainable urban mobility, including a modal shift from cars. With an empirical focus on Oslo and Amsterdam metropolitan areas, this paper analyses how the interplay between formal frameworks, informal institutions, and individuals’ agency can contribute to making public transport more attractive in relation to other modes. Findings indicate that formal frameworks, informal institutions, and key actors co-exist and interact in complementary, substitutive, and accommodating manner; they work alongside each other to facilitate collective decision-making on issues ranging from integrating land use and transport to dealing with budget constraints. By identifying these types of interaction, this study shows that, to advance transport sustainability, authorities not only need insight on what policies to design, but can also benefit from understanding how policy-making and implementation unfold. A broader insight offered by the paper is that financial performance goals appear as a main policy driver in public transport, eclipsing sustainability concerns.
KW - Agency
KW - Governance
KW - Informal institutions
KW - Institutional analysis
KW - Institutional entrepreneurship
KW - Public transport
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85080925419&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.retrec.2020.100829
DO - 10.1016/j.retrec.2020.100829
M3 - Article
SN - 0739-8859
VL - 83
JO - Research in Transportation Economics
JF - Research in Transportation Economics
M1 - 100829
ER -