Time, sustainable transport and the politics of speed

Abstract

This paper reports on recently conducted research under the EU's 5th Framework Programme. It discusses how temporality enters the transport system and the impact this can have on social groups. The paper is divided into two sections. The first undertakes a review of the current transport sector from a temporal perspective, which involves looking at basic characteristics of transport and seeing how they contain certain taken-for-granted temporal assumptions that are central to how and why people respond to their mobility requirements. Using a temporal framework of reference we examine four areas where the transport system is causing problems; congestion and sustainability, equity and safety. The second section outlines temporal proposals and measures, some of which are already in existence in selective policies across Europe. Devices that are beginning to address these problems include the institutional and temporal structures of time-offices and time-banks. Keywords Equity, foresight. safety, sustainability, time, time- economy, transport

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