Sustainable Mobility Guarantee: Developing the concept from a transport planning perspective

In this paper, the authors develop the concept of a “Sustainable Mobility Guarantee”. They first review existing “Mobility Guarantees”, which are rather motivated by socioeconomic interests than environmental sustainability and classify them. Based on this assessment, they define a Sustainable Mobility Guarantee, which extends existing approaches with environmental interests. It is an emerging concept in policymaking to ensure a certain level of mobility without the need for private cars - particularly in rural areas - but it is still in its infancy and lacks clear definitions. The concept embraces the idea of Classical Mobility Guarantees while seeking to enable and promote the use of non-automobile modes for everyday travels for everyone, not only for specific trip purposes like commuting, nor for specific target groups like the elderly. They then discuss the practical implementation and financial feasibility. Implementation is possible through programmatic or regulatory approaches, which may serve as a potential transitional basis for legal regulation. At least in developed countries, implementing mobility services realizing a Sustainable Mobility Guarantee is deemed financeable, given that financial instruments now subsidizing automobile use are shifted towards implementation of the guarantee, without being detrimental to the economy.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2024.07.003
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967070X24001999
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  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/29485010
• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Shibayama, Takeru
  • 0000-0001-9422-9735
  • Laa, Barbara
• Publication Date: 2024-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 287-299
• Serial:
  • Transport Policy
  • Volume: 155
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0967-070X
  • Serial URL: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/issn/096707X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Access; Costs; Mobility; Social benefits; Sustainable transportation; Transportation planning; Transportation policy
• Subject Areas: Environment; Finance; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01925641
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 26 2024 4:58PM