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The Implementation of Walking and Cycling Policies in British Local Authorities - Idea(l)s into Action?
Citation Link: https://doi.org/10.15480/882.289
Publikationstyp
Technical Report
Date Issued
2002
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Institut
TORE-DOI
There is a growing emphasis in public and political discourse on finding alternatives to the current car-based patterns of personal travel. As a consequence the interest in walking and cycling as socially, economically and environmentally sustainable modes of travel has increased and this thesis investigates the process of walking and cycling policy implementation in British local authorities. The results of a quantitative questionnaire survey are combined with in depth qualitative case studies of local authorities which were selected through a Case Study Selection Index developed especially for this thesis. The study identifies conditions and factors which determine implementation outcomes and develops a conceptual model, which relates these factors to each other.
This is the first study which investigates the implementation process – rather than its outcomes - in one British policy area on such a large scale. One of its aims is to make the results relevant and accessible to local implementation practitioners. For this purpose the findings are consolidated into a set of guidelines, which use the new conceptual implementation model to present the potential opportunities, problems and solutions relevant to walking and cycling policy implementation. The guidelines are aimed at helping practitioners at all levels, who wish to improve implementation outcomes. The conceptual model makes an important contribution to both the theoretical discourse about implementation which has seen relatively little development in recent years and the analysis of implementation in praxis. Together, guidelines and model are a - hopefully - useful, simple and practical tool for helping practitioners to improve the implementation processes they are involved in.
This is the first study which investigates the implementation process – rather than its outcomes - in one British policy area on such a large scale. One of its aims is to make the results relevant and accessible to local implementation practitioners. For this purpose the findings are consolidated into a set of guidelines, which use the new conceptual implementation model to present the potential opportunities, problems and solutions relevant to walking and cycling policy implementation. The guidelines are aimed at helping practitioners at all levels, who wish to improve implementation outcomes. The conceptual model makes an important contribution to both the theoretical discourse about implementation which has seen relatively little development in recent years and the analysis of implementation in praxis. Together, guidelines and model are a - hopefully - useful, simple and practical tool for helping practitioners to improve the implementation processes they are involved in.
Subjects
nicht motorisierter Verkehr
Verkehrsstrategien
implementation
walking
cycling
local authorities
Great Britain
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