Experimenting for Sustainable Transport

Taylor & Francis

Experimenting for Sustainable TransportThe Approach of Strategic Niche Management\nAuthor(s): Remco Hoogma, Rene Kemp, Johan Schot, Bernhard Truffer\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415271165, 978-0415271165\nSynopsis\nTechnological change is a central feature of modern societies and a powerful source for social change. There is an urgent task to direct these new technologies towards sustainability, but society lacks perspectives, instruments and policies to accomplish this. There is no blueprint for a sustainable future, and it is necessary to experiment with alternative paths that seem promising. Various new transport technologies promise to bring sustainability benefits. But as this book shows, important lessons are often overlooked because the experiments are not designed to challenge the basic assumptions about established patterns of transport choices. Learning how to organise the process of innovation i.