Linking Sustainable Transport and Community Development: Transportation 2.0 in the Small Island of Tobago

Abstract

Worldwide the UN is promoting sustainable transport that requires the engagement of communities to make it context and community sensitive. To better engage the community, governments started to use web-based social geocommunication tools in urban areas. The use of these tools is increasing; however, it can be critically questioned to what extent they can support sustainable transport development in rural areas in Trinidad and Tobago. To respond to this question, the paper presents preliminary results of an ongoing pilot study in Charlotteville Tobago. The paper suggests an analytical framework to investigate the spatial governance process that is linked to the sustainable transport solution development. Results reveal that the majority depends on sharing mobility, which already is more environmentally friendly than individual car use. However, the digital literacy in the village is low which hampers the capacity to participate in an increasingly digitizing society.

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“…Thus, commuters' and travellers' primary mode of transport is the car, or they consider the car as the only acceptable choice in terms of costs, time, safety and prestigious status (Wiersma, 2020). Some remote areas on the islands are only accessible by car, although in some islands the rural population depends on public transport or privately owned mini busses (Kotzebue, 2020). Studies showed that geographical remoteness can be a significant barrier to social inclusion (Cass, Shove, & Urry, 2005;Lucas, Mattioli, Verlinghieri, & Guzman, 2016).…”