A Political Economy and Multi-Stakeholder Perspective of Net-Zero Emission Urban Bus Transportation in the United Kingdom
A Political Economy and Multi-Stakeholder Perspective of Net-Zero Emission Urban Bus Transportation in the United Kingdom
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10.3390/futuretransp3020026
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2023-04
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Iraklis Argyriou
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Iraklis Argyriou
向净零排放城市公交（ZEB）系统的过渡在研究和决策中受到越来越多的关注。这一领域的大多数研究侧重于技术经济方面和少数利益攸关方的观点。这提供了有限的洞察力的范围内的障碍，限制在现实世界的背景下的过渡。本文从政治经济和多利益相关者的角度探讨了英国ZEB转型的技术和非技术障碍。它开发了一个理论指导的实证案例研究，告知利益相关者的理论观点和半结构化的采访利益相关者在当地的公共汽车交通系统。报告发现，向净零过渡需要解决跨部门和政策层面的技术、政策、市场和合作障碍。一方面，这与ZEB技术和基础设施的高成本和性能不确定性有关。另一方面，从乘客量和协调的角度来看，它涉及不可持续的公交网络、利益攸关方合作差距以及城市地区汽车使用率和依赖性高。政策组合和利益攸关方合作，超越“净零”和部门重点，可以解决系统层面变革的障碍。进一步应用的理论框架，可以有助于更广泛的知识体系的转型障碍，在不同的政治和经济背景下运作。
The transition to net-zero emission urban bus (ZEB) systems is receiving increased attention in research and policymaking. Most studies in this area focus on techno-economic aspects and the views of a narrow group of stakeholders. This offers limited insight into the range of barriers that constrain transitions in real-world contexts. This article offers a political-economic and multi-stakeholder perspective on the technical and non-technical barriers to ZEB transitions within the UK context. It develops a theory-guided empirical case study, informed by stakeholder theory perspectives and semi-structured interviews with stakeholders in the local bus transportation system. It finds that a transition to net zero will require addressing technical, policy, market, and cooperative barriers across sectors and policy levels. On the one hand, this relates to high costs and performance uncertainties over ZEB technology and infrastructure. On the other hand, it concerns unsustainable bus networks from passenger patronage and coordination perspectives, stakeholder cooperative gaps, and high car use and dependency in urban areas. Policy portfolios and stakeholder collaborations, beyond a ‘net-zero’ and sectoral focus, could tackle barriers to system-level change. Further application of the theoretical framework can contribute to a broader body of knowledge about transition barriers operating in different political and economic contexts.