Leveraging digitalization for sustainability in urban transport

Creutzig, Felix; Franzen, Martina; Moeckel, Rolf; Heinrichs, Dirk; Nagel, Kai; Nieland, Simon; Weisz, Helga

doi:10.1017/sus.2019.11

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“…High quality mobility services can be delivered by shared bicycles, e-scooters, free-floating car fleets, and ride-pooling, all of which are already on Berlin roads. In fact, with more space available, shared mobility will be able to supplant rather than complement environmentally harmful modes, and thus achieve the sustainability benefits it promises (Creutzig et al, 2019). However, it will require stringent public policies to achieve this goal.…”

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Fair street space allocation: ethical principles and empirical insights

et al. 2020

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Urban street space is increasingly contested. However, it is unclear what a fair street space allocation would look like. We develop a framework of ten ethical principles and three normative perspectives on street space -streets for transport, streets for sustainability, and streets as place -and discuss 14 derived street space allocation mechanisms. We contrast these ethically grounded allocation mechanisms with real-world allocation in 18 streets in Berlin. We find that car users, on average, had 3.5 times more space available than non-car users. While some allocation mechanisms are more plausible than others, none is without normative implications. Without exception, all principles suggest that on-street parking for cars is difficult to justify, and that more space should be allocated to cycling. We argue that street space fairness principles should be systematically integrated into urban and transport planning.

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Fair street space allocation: ethical principles and empirical insights

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“…Other measures such as providing funding for smarter public transport, can contribute to an increase in the usage of public transport and the attainment of SDG 8, decent work and economic growth, and SDG 11, sustainable cities and communities. The two previous policies in combination with digital platforms that provide the integration of all mobility services, including bike-sharing, taxis, and public transport can foster multimodal mobility [53].…”

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Using the Sustainable Development Goals to Evaluate Possible Transport Policies for the City of Curitiba

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Cities across the world are becoming more engaged in tackling climate change and contributing to the achievement of international agreements. The city of Curitiba in Brazil is no exception. In December 2020, the city published PlanClima (Plano Municipal de Mitigação e Adaptação às Mudanças Climáticas), a climate plan developed with local and international organizations. PlanClima aims to guide policies and actions to mitigate and adapt to climate change. This study focuses on selecting and qualitatively evaluating transport policies that contribute to the city’s 2030 climate and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With PlanClima’s analysis for the transport sector in mind, nine targets for 2030 are identified and connected to different transport policies. To evaluate the possible interactions between the policies and the different dimensions of the SDGs, four types of linkages were designed: essential, uncertain, limited, and opposite. These categories were developed to evaluate the several dimensions in which a policy can have a positive or negative impact. The results show that the implementation of zero emission zones/low emission zones, green public procurement, subsidy schemes for the uptake of clean vehicle technology, and the digitalization of the transport system through smarter public transport and digital platforms that couple bike sharing, taxis, and public transport are some of the measures that can contribute to the achievement of Curitiba’s targets and ensure a positive impact on the sustainable development of the city. The study highlights how different policy instruments can contribute to achieve the city’s targets, thus providing guidance to policymakers.

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“…Of equal importance is the use of institutional measures to promote and support the development of smart mobility. These could include: (a) establishment of standards for data management and sharing, which should be established on a national or transnational level [135]; (b) institutional support structures to assist with community adaptation to new technology, particularly among disadvantaged groups including elderly, migrants, or disabled [136]; (c) development of parking restrictions to discourage private vehicle use [131], engaging the public in decision-making [130]; and (d) ensuring public value and societal goals are maintained [24,137].…”

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How Can Smart Mobility Innovations Alleviate Transportation Disadvantage? Assembling a Conceptual Framework through a Systematic Review

2020

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Transportation disadvantage is about the difficulty accessing mobility services required to complete activities associated with employment, shopping, business, essential needs, and recreation. Technological innovations in the field of smart mobility have been identified as a potential solution to help individuals overcome issues associated with transportation disadvantage. This paper aims to provide a consolidated understanding on how smart mobility innovations can contribute to alleviate transportation disadvantage. A systematic literature review is completed, and a conceptual framework is developed to provide the required information to address transportation disadvantage. The results are categorized under the physical, economic, spatial, temporal, psychological, information, and institutional dimensions of transportation disadvantage. The study findings reveal that: (a) Primary smart mobility innovations identified in the literature are demand responsive transportation, shared transportation, intelligent transportation systems, electric mobility, autonomous vehicles, and Mobility-as-a-Services. (b) Smart mobility innovations could benefit urban areas by improving accessibility, efficiency, coverage, flexibility, safety, and the overall integration of the transportation system. (c) Smart mobility innovations have the potential to contribute to the alleviation of transportation disadvantage. (d) Mobility-as-a-Service has high potential to alleviate transportation disadvantage primarily due to its ability to integrate a wide-range of services.

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Leveraging digitalization for sustainability in urban transport

Cited by 47 publications

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Fair street space allocation: ethical principles and empirical insights

Fair street space allocation: ethical principles and empirical insights

Using the Sustainable Development Goals to Evaluate Possible Transport Policies for the City of Curitiba

How Can Smart Mobility Innovations Alleviate Transportation Disadvantage? Assembling a Conceptual Framework through a Systematic Review

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