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Innovations in Transport
Success, Failure and Societal Impacts
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This timely book explores the likely success or failure of potential transport innovations. Chapters examine societally relevant effects of transport innovations, including impacts on the environment, accessibility, safety and more. It focuses on complex innovations in which both public and private actors are involved.
This timely book explores the likely success or failure of potential transport innovations. Chapters examine societally relevant effects of transport innovations, including impacts on the environment, accessibility, safety and more. It focuses on complex innovations in which both public and private actors are involved.
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This timely book explores the likely success or failure of potential transport innovations. Chapters examine societally relevant effects of transport transitions, including impacts on the environment, accessibility, safety and more. It focuses on complex innovations in which both public and private actors are involved.
Combining insights from innovation sciences with evolutionary economics, business economics, managerial sciences, psychology and history, the chapters consider state-of-the-art innovation theories applied to sustainable transport, with an emphasis on approaches to understanding behaviour. The book then explores a range of potential transitions, covering technological innovations such as vehicle electrification, e-bikes and light electric vehicles in city logistics, before moving on to look at service innovations including carsharing, mobility as a service and e-shopping.
Offering coverage of both frameworks and innovation examples themselves, this book will be an interesting read for transport studies and innovation scholars. It will also be a useful tool for policy makers and planners working in the area.
Combining insights from innovation sciences with evolutionary economics, business economics, managerial sciences, psychology and history, the chapters consider state-of-the-art innovation theories applied to sustainable transport, with an emphasis on approaches to understanding behaviour. The book then explores a range of potential transitions, covering technological innovations such as vehicle electrification, e-bikes and light electric vehicles in city logistics, before moving on to look at service innovations including carsharing, mobility as a service and e-shopping.
Offering coverage of both frameworks and innovation examples themselves, this book will be an interesting read for transport studies and innovation scholars. It will also be a useful tool for policy makers and planners working in the area.
Critical Acclaim
‘A systems change is on its way. Cities all over the world are changing their mobility paradigms, trying to transform car-oriented cities into places for people. This change goes hand in hand with the necessary change towards climate neutral mobility and more liveable cities. It comes at a time when car ownership can be replaced by alternatives such as shared mobility or mobility as a service, and many other smaller and larger innovations are shaping the future. In this book it is shown how transition theory and other frameworks can help to understand the incremental and radical changes that are supporting this transition towards a more sustainable mobility system. A must-read for everyone who wants to understand what the future of mobility will look like!’
– Cathy Macharis, VUB-Mobilise, Belgium
‘The transportation field has long put its faith in technological innovation as a way to solve our problems, whether traffic congestion or environmental impacts. But it is not that simple, as the theoretical frameworks and specific examples presented in this book demonstrate. Readers will find many important insights here.’
– Susan Handy, University of California, Davis, US
– Cathy Macharis, VUB-Mobilise, Belgium
‘The transportation field has long put its faith in technological innovation as a way to solve our problems, whether traffic congestion or environmental impacts. But it is not that simple, as the theoretical frameworks and specific examples presented in this book demonstrate. Readers will find many important insights here.’
– Susan Handy, University of California, Davis, US
Contributors
Contributors: Jan Anne Annema, Yashar Araghi, Marlous Arentshorst, Wouter Boon, Long Cheng, Gonçalo H. A. Correia, Jannes Craens, Erik Figenbaum, Koen Frenken, Cyriac George, Jonathan Köhler, Ove Langeland, Toon Meelen, Karla Münzel, Bonno Pel, Walther Ploos van Amstel, Hans Quak, Henrike Rau, William Riggs, Joachim Scheiner, Kunbo Shi, Maaike Snelder, Sun Qi, Lóránt Tavasszy, Bart van Arem, Ron van Duin, Bert van Wee, Wijnand Veeneman, Isabel R. Wilmink, Frank Witlox, Giovanni Zenezini
Contents
Contents:
Preface x
1 Introduction to Innovations in Transport 1
Bert van Wee, Jan Anne Annema and Jonathan Köhler
PART I FRAMEWORKS FOR ANALYSING TRANSPORT
INNOVATIONS
2 A transitions theory perspective on transport innovation 14
Bonno Pel
3 Modelling innovations in freight transport: a business
ecosystem perspective 35
Giovanni Zenezini and Lóránt A. Tavasszy
4 Understanding mobility biographies: conceptual and
empirical advancements and practical innovation 68
Henrike Rau and Joachim Scheiner
5 Behavioral economics and social nudges in sustainable travel 89
William Riggs
6 Transport innovation theories: a brief overview 111
Jan Anne Annema
PART II TRANSPORT INNOVATIONS
7 Technological innovation systems and transport
innovations: understanding vehicle electrification in Norway 131
Ove Langeland, Cyriac George and Erik Figenbaum
8 Beyond market success: unpacking the societal
implications of the e-bike 164
Qi Sun
9 Explaining the growth in light electric vehicles in city logistics 188
Ron van Duin, Walther Ploos van Amstel and Hans Quak
10 Automated driving on the path to enlightenment? 221
Maaike Snelder, Gonçalo Homem de Almeida Correia
and Bart van Arem
11 Assessing policies to scale up carsharing 242
Karla Münzel, Marlous Arentshorst, Wouter Boon and
Koen Frenken
12 Mobility-as-a-Service: how governance is shaping an
innovation and its outcomes 269
Wijnand Veeneman
13 E-shopping, travel behavior, and society: a multi-level
perspective on sustainable transitions 295
Kunbo Shi, Long Cheng and Frank Witlox
14 Identifying disruptive innovations in transport: the case of
the Hyperloop 316
Yashar Araghi and Isabel R. Wilmink
15 Mission-oriented innovation policy: the case of the
Swedish “Vision Zero” approach to traffic safety 343
Jannes Craens, Koen Frenken and Toon Meelen
Index 359
Preface x
1 Introduction to Innovations in Transport 1
Bert van Wee, Jan Anne Annema and Jonathan Köhler
PART I FRAMEWORKS FOR ANALYSING TRANSPORT
INNOVATIONS
2 A transitions theory perspective on transport innovation 14
Bonno Pel
3 Modelling innovations in freight transport: a business
ecosystem perspective 35
Giovanni Zenezini and Lóránt A. Tavasszy
4 Understanding mobility biographies: conceptual and
empirical advancements and practical innovation 68
Henrike Rau and Joachim Scheiner
5 Behavioral economics and social nudges in sustainable travel 89
William Riggs
6 Transport innovation theories: a brief overview 111
Jan Anne Annema
PART II TRANSPORT INNOVATIONS
7 Technological innovation systems and transport
innovations: understanding vehicle electrification in Norway 131
Ove Langeland, Cyriac George and Erik Figenbaum
8 Beyond market success: unpacking the societal
implications of the e-bike 164
Qi Sun
9 Explaining the growth in light electric vehicles in city logistics 188
Ron van Duin, Walther Ploos van Amstel and Hans Quak
10 Automated driving on the path to enlightenment? 221
Maaike Snelder, Gonçalo Homem de Almeida Correia
and Bart van Arem
11 Assessing policies to scale up carsharing 242
Karla Münzel, Marlous Arentshorst, Wouter Boon and
Koen Frenken
12 Mobility-as-a-Service: how governance is shaping an
innovation and its outcomes 269
Wijnand Veeneman
13 E-shopping, travel behavior, and society: a multi-level
perspective on sustainable transitions 295
Kunbo Shi, Long Cheng and Frank Witlox
14 Identifying disruptive innovations in transport: the case of
the Hyperloop 316
Yashar Araghi and Isabel R. Wilmink
15 Mission-oriented innovation policy: the case of the
Swedish “Vision Zero” approach to traffic safety 343
Jannes Craens, Koen Frenken and Toon Meelen
Index 359
