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Studying disruptive events: Innovations in behaviour, opportunities for lower carbon transport policy?

Greg Marsden, Jillian Anable, Tim Chatterton, Iain Docherty, James Faulconbridge, Lesley Murray, Helen Roby, Jeremy Shires · 2020 · 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

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DOI
10.1016/j.tranpol.2020.04.008
Countries
United Kingdom
Regions
Europe
Categories
climate-and-environment, transportation, policy, general-innovation
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2026-04-28