TY - JOUR
T1 - Building transformative capacity towards active sustainable transport in urban areas – Experiences from local actions in Finland
AU - Tuominen, Anu
AU - Sundqvist-Andberg, Henna
AU - Aittasalo, Minna
AU - Silonsaari, Jonne
AU - Kiviluoto, Katariina
AU - Tapio, Petri
N1 - Funding Information:
Three out of six of our case municipalities received funding from the governmental Mobility Management programme for identification of and network building with potential sustainable mobility stakeholders and collaborators. It seems that in Oulu, Joensuu and Helsinki, such networking was carried out successfully without any external funding. Turku has participated actively in European research projects promoting sustainable modes.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 World Conference on Transport Research Society
PY - 2022/6
Y1 - 2022/6
N2 - Recent research has recognised cycling and walking (active transport) as substantial elements contributing to sustainable mobility and public health challenges. There is less knowledge available on the integrated contributions of local-level governance processes and practical implementation of active transport promotion activities. To illustrate comprehensively the contributions of local-level activities, we defined a framework presenting transformative capacity towards active sustainable transport. The framework presents the essential elements and criteria in assessing the level of contributions towards active and sustainable mobility. Previous literature and a case study in six Finnish municipalities comprising interviews and documentary analysis were our primary research data. The Finnish experience shows that local actors can have different, yet successful, approaches in building transformative capacity towards active and sustainable transport.
AB - Recent research has recognised cycling and walking (active transport) as substantial elements contributing to sustainable mobility and public health challenges. There is less knowledge available on the integrated contributions of local-level governance processes and practical implementation of active transport promotion activities. To illustrate comprehensively the contributions of local-level activities, we defined a framework presenting transformative capacity towards active sustainable transport. The framework presents the essential elements and criteria in assessing the level of contributions towards active and sustainable mobility. Previous literature and a case study in six Finnish municipalities comprising interviews and documentary analysis were our primary research data. The Finnish experience shows that local actors can have different, yet successful, approaches in building transformative capacity towards active and sustainable transport.
KW - Active transport
KW - Local actions
KW - Sustainable Mobility
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cstp.2022.03.015
DO - 10.1016/j.cstp.2022.03.015
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85127334672
SN - 2213-624X
VL - 10
SP - 1034
EP - 1044
JO - Case Studies on Transport Policy
JF - Case Studies on Transport Policy
IS - 2
ER -
