Finding effective pathways to sustainable mobility: bridging the science–policy gap

摘要: This overview paper examines three areas crucial to understanding why, despite clear scientific evidence for the growing environmental impacts of tourism transport, there is large-scale inertia in structural transitions and a lack political will enact meaningful sustainable mobility policies. These include importance addressing socio-technical factors, barriers posed by “technology myths” need overcome “transport taboos” policy-making. The seeks pathways bridging science–policy gap between academic research researchers, policy-makers practitioners. It introduces key papers presented at Freiburg 2014 workshop, covering case researcher engagement using advocacy participatory approaches, role universities creating their own social policies, power mechanisms encouraging long-haul travel, issues consumer responsibility development, industry self-regulation operation realpolitik decision-making implementation inside formal informal destination-based partnerships. Overall, argues that governments transport industries must take more cautious approach technological optimism fosters policy inertia, open implementing A agenda desirable futures suggested.