City and state governments worldwide are struggling to achieve environmentally sustainable transport. Until now, it has been assumed that transport ownership can only be public or private. This book claims that communal ownership provides unique opportunities for providing personal mobility. Community ownership is explored through the new 'sharing economy' developments - car sharing, ridesharing and bicycle share schemes - and older social innovations in eco-villages and communal living. Models and practices of community ownership of transport are given and it also discusses how community ownership might contribute to sustainable transport.…mehr
City and state governments worldwide are struggling to achieve environmentally sustainable transport. Until now, it has been assumed that transport ownership can only be public or private. This book claims that communal ownership provides unique opportunities for providing personal mobility. Community ownership is explored through the new 'sharing economy' developments - car sharing, ridesharing and bicycle share schemes - and older social innovations in eco-villages and communal living. Models and practices of community ownership of transport are given and it also discusses how community ownership might contribute to sustainable transport.
Leigh Glover is the former Director of the Australasian Centre for the Governance and Management of Urban Transport (GAMUT) at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
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Introduction Part I Modern Urban Transport and the Challenge of Sustainable Transport 1. A History of Modern Urban Transport Systems 2. Transport Governance and Institutions 3. Sustainable Transport Part II Foundations of Community-Owned Transport 4. Collaborative Consumption 5. Eco-Communalism 6. Urban Transport as a Commons Part III Community-Owned Transport Practices 7. Community-Owned Transport 8. How Community-Owned Transport Addresses Unsustainable Transport 9. Likely Objections to Community Ownership Part IV Implications of Community-Owned Transport 10. Political Economy of Community-Owned Transport 11. Community-Owned Transport: A Plea to Policy-Makers
Introduction Part I Modern Urban Transport and the Challenge of Sustainable Transport 1. A History of Modern Urban Transport Systems 2. Transport Governance and Institutions 3. Sustainable Transport Part II Foundations of Community-Owned Transport 4. Collaborative Consumption 5. Eco-Communalism 6. Urban Transport as a Commons Part III Community-Owned Transport Practices 7. Community-Owned Transport 8. How Community-Owned Transport Addresses Unsustainable Transport 9. Likely Objections to Community Ownership Part IV Implications of Community-Owned Transport 10. Political Economy of Community-Owned Transport 11. Community-Owned Transport: A Plea to Policy-Makers
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