English Abstract This report is the result of the subproject on
Transport & Mobility in the Management of Technology Responses to the
Climate Change Challange (Matric) project. The aim of this subproject is to
offer recommendations on the improvement of the management of sociotechnical
change to climate change needs in the transport and mobility domain.
Automobile transport and mobility give rise to problems of local air
pollution and are major emitters of greenhouse gases. This report studies
how climate protection goals can be pursued in the transport and mobility
domain through modulation policies and a change in the mode of governance.
First, the report sketches the tour d'horizon of sociotechnical developments
in the transport & mobility domain from 1886 onwards. Then, it focuses on
various case studies in the car-based transport & mobility domain, studying
the dynamics of sociotechnical change. Analysis of the mechanisms of
sociotechnical change in the case studies leads to various modes of
governance in the transport and mobility domain. The report finally
proposes a new role for transport authorities: that of an alignment actor
and facilitator of change; and the use of programs for system innovation
that offers sustainability benefits. The report states that climate policy
has to piggy-back-ride on sustainability issues and it offers suggestions
for how to do this. These actions should be pursued as part of a transition
programme.
