Print Email Facebook Twitter The governance of attractive public transport: Informal institutions, institutional entrepreneurs, and problem-solving know-how in Oslo and Amsterdam Title The governance of attractive public transport: Informal institutions, institutional entrepreneurs, and problem-solving know-how in Oslo and Amsterdam Author Hirschhorn, Fabio (TU Delft Organisation & Governance) van de Velde, Didier (TU Delft Organisation & Governance) Veeneman, Wijnand (TU Delft Organisation & Governance) ten Heuvelhof, E.F. (TU Delft Organisation & Governance) Date 2020 Abstract Public authorities are under mounting pressure to promote more sustainable urban mobility, including a modal shift from cars. With an empirical focus on Oslo and Amsterdam metropolitan areas, this paper analyses how the interplay between formal frameworks, informal institutions, and individuals’ agency can contribute to making public transport more attractive in relation to other modes. Findings indicate that formal frameworks, informal institutions, and key actors co-exist and interact in complementary, substitutive, and accommodating manner; they work alongside each other to facilitate collective decision-making on issues ranging from integrating land use and transport to dealing with budget constraints. By identifying these types of interaction, this study shows that, to advance transport sustainability, authorities not only need insight on what policies to design, but can also benefit from understanding how policy-making and implementation unfold. A broader insight offered by the paper is that financial performance goals appear as a main policy driver in public transport, eclipsing sustainability concerns. Subject AgencyGovernanceInformal institutionsInstitutional analysisInstitutional entrepreneurshipPublic transport To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ffee3dc8-f238-4873-a312-b50cb5479aa1 DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2020.100829 ISSN 0739-8859 Source Research in Transportation Economics, 83 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2020 Fabio Hirschhorn, Didier van de Velde, Wijnand Veeneman, E.F. ten Heuvelhof Files PDF 1_s2.0_S0739885920300184_main.pdf 652.17 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:ffee3dc8-f238-4873-a312-b50cb5479aa1/datastream/OBJ/view