Car and the city: Socio-technical transition pathways to 2030

From ‘freedom of the open road’ to ‘cocooning’: Understanding resistance to change in personal private automobility

“…Embedded within socio-technical transitions analysis is the recognition that behaviours, practices, norms and values are all shaped by and in turn help shape technologies -and indeed can be an important part of the selfregulating dynamic stability exhibited by socio-technical systems (Klinger et al, 2013). However, while issues of governance, regulation, technology, political contestation and market framing are given attention in the literature, the cultural meanings and normative practices with regard to material objects are rather less well developed (Marletto, 2014;Walks, 2014). Hence in this paper we bring to bear on the question of the transition to sustainable mobility an initial and exploratory outline of the ways in which cultures of automobility have shifted over time and place, the empirical manifestation of which is a continuing commitment to mass car ownership and use.…”

Transition pathways of e-mobility services

“…These will "simultaneously weaken the dominant position of the 'individual car' system, and support alternative transition pathways" [14]. The examples examined in Section 3 highlight four different business models with varying degrees of user flexibility, whilst offering alternatives to car ownership and fuel type.…”

“…In such instances the provider will retain ownership of the vehicle and is often responsible for maintenance and repair; the user pays a regular fee but does not have unlimited and individual access. There are a number of examples of vehicle renting or sharing across the globe that account for 1,788,000 car sharing members that have access to 43,500 cars [14]. This is the biggest opportunity for e-mobility services to leverage, below are three examples of EV schemes in progressive European cities:…”

Improving the behavioral realism of global integrated assessment models: An application to consumers’ vehicle choices

“…Moreover, transportation is arguably the hardest end-use sector to decarbonize, making end-5 user vehicle choices a critical determinant of low-emission futures (Riahi et al, 2012). Mobility is an 6 energy service that is written into the fabric of social and economic activity, is strongly associated 7 with development and modernity (Urry, 2008), and involves a wide range of socio-economic actors 8 (Marletto, 2014). Vehicle preferences are highly heterogeneous, and vehicles are socially-visible 9 technologies with many non-financial attributes.…”