The Path to Sustainable and Equitable Mobility: Defining a Stakeholder-Informed Transportation System

Rita Prior Filipe (), Andrew Heath and Nick McCullen
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Rita Prior Filipe: Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK
Andrew Heath: Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK
Nick McCullen: Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 23, 1-13

Abstract: A transportation system should be designed considering the relevant stakeholders’ needs for a fundamental transformation in travelling behaviour. This research aims to contribute to that by characterising the future network in response to the stakeholders’ requirements, using a systematic literature review paired with a grounded theory approach. Out of 39 reviewed publications, 13 transportation indicators were clustered into six dimensions representing stakeholders’ requirements for the transportation system. These results depict a stakeholder-informed land transportation system as a system of accessible and integrated mode services, which should be supported by policy and infrastructure, economically balanced, socially, and environmentally sustainable and rely on mobility-dedicated assisting features. Further research is proposed on (1) adapting these results to the legal, social, economic, and environmental contexts and (2) the ability of MaaS scenarios to answer the collected dimensions. This research is crucial to determine the areas of focus of a stakeholder-designed transportation system and to frame them in the mobility ecosystem, both individually and interlinked. Furthermore, its originality lies in (1) the application of this methodology to collect, analyse, and define a set of mobility investment priorities, and (2) the recognition of the relevant stakeholders in mobility considering their diverse perspectives and needs.

Keywords: transportation system; sustainable mobility; behaviour change; stakeholders; active transport; collective transport; shared transport (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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