Accessibility in Cities: Transport and Urban Form

Rode, Philipp; Floater, Graham; Thomopoulos, Nikolas; Docherty, James; Schwinger, Peter; Mahendra, Anjali; Fang, Wei

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-51602-8_15

Cited by 134 publications

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“…It is worth mentioning here that although it is widely acknowledged (EC, 2013;IPCC, 2007;Stern, 2006;Rode et al, 2014;Stern, 2013) that LCVs should be adopted -either in the short-term or in the long-term -this adoption should not exacerbate inequalities between social groups. The European Union has introduced a flexible legislation allowing manufacturers to assess their carbon emissions not per individual car but for their whole car fleet, set at 130g of CO 2 /km for 2012-2015 and to 95g CO 2 /km from 2020 (EC, 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Previous research has focused on aggregate policy impacts of biofuels, electric vehicles or other emission reduction schemes (Ghermandy et al, 2013;Marsden and Hess, 2011;Oxley et al, 2012;Podhora et al, 2013;Rode et al, 2014), but not on impact distribution among social groups. Therefore, this paper contrasts findings between income quintiles used as a proxy for social groups to extend previous findings and offer an overview of different impact distribution to policy makers.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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An ethical assessment of low carbon vehicles using cost benefit analysis

Thomopoulos

Harrison

2016

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Global concerns about climate change, as confirmed at COP21, have led to lower carbon emissions environmental policies, particularly in the road transport sector. Through an empirical analysis of Low Carbon Vehicle (LCV) policies in California, this paper contrasts the findings from diverse distribution theories between income quintiles -used as a proxy for social groups -to address vertical equity concerns and offer an overview of impact distribution to policy makers. Thus, it contributes in operationalising ethical theories within transport Cost-Benefit Analysis and revisiting impact distribution when promoting low carbon vehicles. Findings indicate that manufacturer penalties are the most effective policy measure to avoid cost transfer between stakeholders. Yet, the analysis shows that those purchasing small LCVs may face disproportional vehicle purchase cost increases which needs to be considered by policy makers. Thus, this paper makes a methodological contribution regarding CBA in practice as well as providing policy relevant recommendations.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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An ethical assessment of low carbon vehicles using cost benefit analysis

Thomopoulos

Harrison

2016

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“…The urbanization is likely to reach as high as 75% by 2025 and 85% by 2050 in Europe (UNEP, 2009). According to a recent survey, there will be a threefold increase in the total areas for urbanized land between 2000and 2030(Seto, Güneralp et al 2012van Audenhove, Korniichuk et al 2014in Rode et al, 2014. Urban traffic is increasingly taking a larger share of total distance travelled around the world.…”

Section: European City Buses and Multilevel Sociotechnical Developmenmentioning

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Niche experiments with alternative powertrain technologies: the case of electric city-buses in Europe

Borghei

Magnusson

2016

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Using sociotechnical transitions literature, this paper analyses the early market introduction of electric city-buses in Europe. It identifies the role of bus manufacturers and their corresponding choices of alternative powertrain and charging technologies. Study results contrast the traditional dichotomy of incumbents versus niche actors and questions perceived role of incumbents as a homogenous group of actors. The paper proposes an alternative to the typical perception of industry incumbents as the guardians of the current sociotechnical regime, suggesting that a strong position in the established regime may actually facilitate introduction of radical technological solutions. The paper invites transition scholars to make more detailed analyses of actors' constellations and it further suggests that policy makers need to pay attention to the diversity of individual actors' strategies.

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“…Such innovations have been feasible through the establishment of Transport for London (TfL), which benefits from the advantages of integrated transport authorities overseeing the provision of transport across administrative boundaries (Rode et al, 2014b). The next stage in London is anticipated to be the introduction of new ICT technologies via contactless payment for travel within Greater London as well as the integration of the public hire bicycle scheme for Oyster users.…”

Section: Global Interestmentioning

confidence: 99%