Why are cities removing their freeways? A systematic review of the literature

Khalaj, Fahimeh; Pojani, Dorina; Sipe, Neil; Corcoran, Jonathan

doi:10.1080/01441647.2020.1743919

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“…For example, Hymel [19] identified that expanding road capacity help reduce congestion for only five years on average; the induced demand resummons the congestion. There is now a scientific consensus that building more and wider roads is not the permanent solution to congestion; instead, many cities are removing their freeways [20].…”

Section: Related Work 21 Urban Smart Mobility and Is Researchmentioning

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How the Discourse of Urban Smart Mobility Portrays the Role of Automobility after ’The End of Car Ownership’

Lanamäki¹

2021

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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The slogan "the end of car ownership" (TEoCO) occurs regularly in the discourse of urban smart mobility. In this article, I examine TEoCO as a micronarrative used for agenda framing purposes. I situate the discourse within the theory of urban fabrics, to argue how cities need to fight car dependence. The TEoCO slogan appears as a seemingly powerful policy and marketing device. The slogan establishes private car use-and the negative externalities of automobility-as the baseline comparison for new digital mobility services. Urban smart mobility's promise to eradicate car ownership but not cars per se may be a reinforcement of car dependence. Smart mobility cannot relieve cities from car dependence, because the most lucrative business opportunities in mobility reside in automobility. 2.1. Car dependence and the theory of urban fabrics The concept of automobile dependence was first outlined by Australian professors Peter Newman and Jeff Kenworthy in their 1989 book "Cities and

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Section: Related Work 21 Urban Smart Mobility and Is Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

How the Discourse of Urban Smart Mobility Portrays the Role of Automobility after ’The End of Car Ownership’

Lanamäki¹

2021

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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“…Banister [2] questioned the underlying principles of conventional transport planning and highlighted the need for a new sustainable mobility paradigm. More than a decade later, Bertolini [3] and Khalaj et al [4] found that a paradigm shift has not yet taken place, but a radical approach may be needed soon due to climate change. Both Banister [2] and Khalaj et al [4] raise the issue of public acceptability as a necessary condition for change.…”

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“…More than a decade later, Bertolini [3] and Khalaj et al [4] found that a paradigm shift has not yet taken place, but a radical approach may be needed soon due to climate change. Both Banister [2] and Khalaj et al [4] raise the issue of public acceptability as a necessary condition for change. Efforts to promote sustainable mobility must be tailored to individuals' values to increase acceptance and be effective [5].…”

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The Effects of Mobility as a Service and Autonomous Vehicles on People’s Willingness to Own a Car in the Future

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Car ownership is one of the key factors affecting travel behaviour and thus also essential in terms of sustainable mobility. This study examines car ownership and how people’s willingness to own a car may change in the future, when considering the effects of public transport, Mobility as a Service (MaaS) and automated vehicles (AVs). Results of two citizen surveys conducted with representative samples (NAV-survey = 2036; NMaaS-survey = 1176) of Finns aged 18–64 are presented. The results show that 39% of respondents would not want or need to own a car if public transport connections were good enough, 58% if the described mobility service was available and 65% if all vehicles in traffic were automated. Hence, car ownership can decrease as a result of the implementation of AVs and MaaS, and higher public transport quality of service. Current mobility behaviour has a strong correlation to car ownership, as respondents who use public transport frequently feel less of a will or need to own a car than others. Generally, women and younger people feel less of a will or need to own a car, but factors such as educational level and residential location seem to have a relatively low effect.

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“…When it comes to pushing toward less car use, all may look well in one zoning plan or a single project, but there is evidence that we are far from a fundamental shift away from car-oriented planning (Khalaj et al, 2013(Khalaj et al, , 2020. According to research, integrated land use and transport planning for sustainable mobility is difficult to achieve in practice (Hrelja et al, 2013,).…”

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How interventions in master plans affect public transport competitiveness versus cars: a case study of two small and two medium-sized city regions

Skartland

2021

Urban, Planning and Transport Research

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Why are cities removing their freeways? A systematic review of the literature

Cited by 33 publications

References 47 publications

How the Discourse of Urban Smart Mobility Portrays the Role of Automobility after ’The End of Car Ownership’

How the Discourse of Urban Smart Mobility Portrays the Role of Automobility after ’The End of Car Ownership’

The Effects of Mobility as a Service and Autonomous Vehicles on People’s Willingness to Own a Car in the Future

How interventions in master plans affect public transport competitiveness versus cars: a case study of two small and two medium-sized city regions

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