A qualitative exploration of actors’ power resources and relations in Swiss transit station district planning

Cross-sectoral collaboration between actors is essential when planning station districts for transit-oriented development. However, power relations and the resulting dominance of selected actors complicate collaborative processes and the necessary integration between transportation and urban planning. Despite the previous problematization of power in planning, dedicated research is lacking on station districts. This article aims to tackle this literature gap through qualitative case studies of two station districts in Switzerland. The findings suggest that municipalities and public transport providers use power resources to assume institutional roles outside their traditional planning domains, partly as a tactical response to initiatives that they contest. For planning practice, the article proposes that process organizers grasp actors’ power potentials early and, if mobilized, integrate them in favor of broadly supported station district development.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1080/21650020.2022.2151504
• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Abstract reprinted with permission of Taylor & Francis.
• Authors:
  • Müller, Stefan Markus
• Publication Date: 2023-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 2151504
• Serial:
  • Urban, Planning and Transport Research
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • EISSN: 2165-0020
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/rupt20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: City planning; Cooperation; Station operations; Transit oriented development; Transportation planning
• Geographic Terms: Switzerland
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01905900
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 26 2024 10:02AM