Social barriers and opportunities for transition towards sustainable mobility: The role of selected beliefs and attitudes in Central-Eastern Europe

Beata Łopaciuk-Gonczaryk and Anna Nicińska

Journal of Transport Geography, 2025, vol. 123, issue C

Abstract: In contrast to other emissions' sources, emissions' growth from transport, caused largely by private cars, did not slow down in the last decade. We examine institutional barriers to the reduction of private car ownership and use, and to the development of mobility as a service, as well as opportunities that can foster development of sustainable transportation. We find that beliefs of higher quality of private than public services and prosocial attitudes impact on car ownership and mobility services use, respectively. By studying effects of the exposure to communism in Central-Eastern European countries, we shed new light on the specific barriers and chances for sustainable transition in a set of formerly communist countries.

Keywords: Sustainable mobility; Mobility as a service; Private ownership; Public services; Post-communism; Prosocial attitudes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H40 P28 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2024.104077

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