Studying disruptive events: Innovations in behaviour, opportunities for lower carbon transport policy?
Summary. Transport policy assumes travel patterns are fixed, leading to over-reliance on technological solutions like electric vehicles. This paper examines how people actually adapt mobility during disruptive events, revealing greater capacity for behavior change than policy recognizes. The authors argue that broadening interventions beyond technology to address when and how mobility matters for daily activities could reduce travel demand and carbon emissions more effectively.
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Marsden, G., Anable, J., Chatterton, T., Docherty, I., Faulconbridge, J., Murray, L., Roby, H., & Shires, J.. (2020). Studying disruptive events: Innovations in behaviour, opportunities for lower carbon transport policy?. Transport Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2020.04.008
Marsden, Greg, et al. “Studying disruptive events: Innovations in behaviour, opportunities for lower carbon transport policy?.” Transport Policy, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2020.04.008.
Marsden, Greg, Jillian Anable, Tim Chatterton, Iain Docherty, James Faulconbridge, Lesley Murray, Helen Roby, and Jeremy Shires. 2020. “Studying disruptive events: Innovations in behaviour, opportunities for lower carbon transport policy?.” Transport Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2020.04.008.
@article{marsden-2020-studying-disruptive-events-innovations-behaviour,
title = {Studying disruptive events: Innovations in behaviour, opportunities for lower carbon transport policy?},
author = {Greg Marsden and Jillian Anable and Tim Chatterton and Iain Docherty and James Faulconbridge and Lesley Murray and Helen Roby and Jeremy Shires},
journal = {Transport Policy},
year = {2020},
doi = {10.1016/j.tranpol.2020.04.008},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2020.04.008}
}
TY - JOUR TI - Studying disruptive events: Innovations in behaviour, opportunities for lower carbon transport policy? AU - Greg Marsden AU - Jillian Anable AU - Tim Chatterton AU - Iain Docherty AU - James Faulconbridge AU - Lesley Murray AU - Helen Roby AU - Jeremy Shires JO - Transport Policy PY - 2020 DO - 10.1016/j.tranpol.2020.04.008 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2020.04.008 ER -
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- 10.1016/j.tranpol.2020.04.008
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- climate-and-environment, transportation, policy, general-innovation
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- 2026-04-28