Assessing communicative rationality as a transportation planning paradigm

Richard Willson ()

Transportation, 2001, vol. 28, issue 1, 31 pages

Abstract: Communicative rationality offers a new paradigm for transportation planning. Drawing on the literature and lessons from transportation planning practice, this paper describes the characteristics of a “communicative” form of transportation planning and compares them with conventional practices. A communicative rationality paradigm would place language and discourse at the core of transportation planning. The paper argues that it would lead to greater attention to desired transportation ends (goals), better integration of means and ends, new forms of participation and learning, and enhanced deliberative capacity. The paper explains the implications of this paradigm for the role of the transportation planner, the purpose of planning, the planning process, communicative practices, problem framing, and the nature of planning analysis. The paper concludes with an assessment of communicative rationality's ability to promote more effective transportation planning. It seeks to create a dialogue that will support the investigation of new transportation planning processes. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 2001

Keywords: communicative action; discourse; participation; planning theory; rationality; transport policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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