Policies for Reducing Car Traffic and Their Problematisation : Lessons from the Mobility Strategies of British, Dutch, German and Swedish Cities

The objective of the paper is to explore whether particular problematisations of cars and car use lead to sets of solutions that may not deal with all problems associated with car use, and whether this leads to any internal conflicts within the chosen policies. The paper is based on a review of local transport policy documents from 13 cities in four countries using the lens of policy problematization as an analytical framework. The paper finds that the problems most typically highlighted in the strategies reviewed are poor accessibility (as a “bad†in itself, but also because it is seen to... Mehr ...