2024 T2M Annual Conference | Mobilities and Infrastructures: Transitions and Transformations

Session

Planning, Funding, and Using Mobility Infrastructures

PS 6

25 Sept 2024, 09:30

Leipzig, Germany

Conveners

Planning, Funding, and Using Mobility Infrastructures

• Karol Kurnicki (Leibniz-IfL)

78. Chongqing River-crossing Ropeway: Decline to Rebirth

Zhengzheng Yang (Chongqing Jiaotong University)

25/09/2024, 09:30

Paper

This paper discusses the changing role of Chongqing's characteristic means of transport - the river-crossing ropeway, discusses the city's changing positioning of infrastructure under a specific historical background in the development process, and thus considers the feasibility of sustainable development transportation plans.
Chongqing, as a megacity in China, is surrounded by the Yangtze...

35. Fare-Free and Carefree? Effects of Public Transport Fare (Infra)structures on Mobility Transitions and Experiences

Louise Sträuli (Tallinn University)

25/09/2024, 09:45

Paper

In 2013, the city of Tallinn implemented a fare-free public transport (FFPT) policy for registered city residents. The policy was introduced as part of a local election campaign with the aim of promoting sustainable mobility and improving social inclusion. Initial studies found an increase in transport usage among members of low-income households, young and elderly people. The policy was...

43. Reducing urban space: establishment of parking space norms in Finland

Maria Käpyvaara (Doctoral student), Ms Veera Moll (AA)

25/09/2024, 10:00

Paper

This paper studies the knowledge the new discipline of transport engineering produced for posing and solving “the parking question” in Finland during the 1960s. This involved estimating parking space needs in cities through vehicle observations and applying trend estimates in car ownership. This paper analyses the production of this knowledge using the Critical Theory of Technology by Andrew...

52. Green Cities Program in Samarkand, Uzbekistan: Public Transport between Global Funding Trends and Neglected Infrastructural Maintenance

Mariya Petrova (Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography)

25/09/2024, 10:15

Paper

In 2022 the city of Samarkand was the first, and so far, the only one in Uzbekistan to be included into the Green Cities Development program of the EBRD. The first loan-package of 49 million $ is planned for the purchase of 100 battery-busses and for construction of the necessary infrastructure and is framed in terms of reducing the carbon emissions and raising environmental resilience of the...