Dear list members
Innovative urban transport and mobility services are not only being offered by public authorities and 'traditional' transport providers but increasingly by new enterprises, consumer groups and even individual consumers, often supported by new technologies for connecting consumers and providers.
An experiment in Summit New Jersey is a case in point where, instead of sinking money in building more parking space in the proximity of its rail station, the city has started to offer parking permit holders a free Uber ride to and from their homes as a way of reducing the demand for long-term parking (http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38252405). In this example, a public authority is moving beyond its 'traditional' role as an infrastructure provider by promoting and utilising the mobility services of a non-traditional transport provider in order to reduce the need for investment in additional parking infrastructure.
This is one of the many examples of shifts taking place around the world where 'traditional' providers of urban transport and mobility infrastructure (such as public authorities and public transport companies) are utilising the services of new enterprises and new platforms in order to reduce the need for costly investments in new urban infrastructure, equipment and/or operating personnel. This is a trend something that I would like to try to catalogue. I would be pleased to receive examples from around the world and to share them with anyone interested in the topic.
I look forward to receiving your examples. Please address all replies to Dominic Stead ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>).
Thanks in advance.
Dominic Stead
http://about.me/dominicstead
http://staff.tudelft.nl/en/D.Stead/
New publications:
Francesch, M.; Dabrowski, M.; Tai, Y.; Chan, F. & Stead, D. (2016). Governance challenges in flood-prone delta cities: Integrating flood risk and climate change in spatial planning. Progress in Planning 1-27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.progress.2015.11.001.
Kasraian, D; Maat, K.; Stead, D. & van Wee, B. (2016). Long-term Impacts of Transport Infrastructure Networks on Land-use Change: an International Review of Empirical Studies. Transport Reviews 36(6) 772-792, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2016.1168887.
Pojani, D. & Stead, D. (2016). Visual Persuasion: Post-Rational Planning and the Role of Maps. Journal of Urban Design 21(3) 353-385, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13574809.2016.1167590.
Stead, D. (2016). Identifying key research themes for sustainable urban mobility. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation 10(1) 1-8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15568318.2013.820993.
Stead, D. (2016). Key research themes on governance and sustainable urban mobility. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation 10(1) 40-48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15568318.2013.821008.
Stead, D. (2016). The use of academic research in planning practice: who, what, where, when and how? Planning Theory & Practice 17(3) 453-457, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14649357.2016.1190491.
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