scholarly journals The Role of Public Transport in Society—A Case Study of General Policy Documents in Sweden

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 1120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Stjernborg ◽  
Ola Mattisson
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Policy Documents

scholarly journals Impact of fear of crimes on public transport usage: A case study of Delhi

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-258
Author(s):  
Rabindra Nath Dubey ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Public Transport System ◽  
Weak Negative Correlation ◽  
Bus Service ◽  
Bus Services ◽  
The City ◽  
Spearman’S Correlation

Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC and Delhi Metro-Rail System (DMRS) are two important public transport systems in Delhi. The DMRS has been attractive in respect to ridership but in 2015 it has shown a decrease in its ridership. It has also been found that ridership of the bus service, the most important public transport system for the poor in Delhi, has decreased over time whereas the numbers of private vehicles have recorded phenomenal increase resulting in traffic congestions and pollution problems in the city. The purpose of this study is to explore the role of the fear of crimes along with other reasons for decreasing trends in the usage of public transport in Delhi. The study is based on people opinion and perception for which 350 persons were interviewed with the structured questionnaire from ten transit places having varied socio-economic conditions. Fear of crimes within buses/coaches is considered an important reason for not using public transport in western countries but as per this study, the same is not true in the case of Delhi. Role of fear of crimes along with other factors was verified with the spearman’s correlation coefficient. The weak negative correlation has been found between the preference to public bus services and the fear of crimes; the crowing; the unavailability. It indicates that along with these other factors are equally responsible for the choice of public transports in Delhi.

Towards Simulating Cognitive Agents in Public Transport Systems

2009 ◽  
pp. 176-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabine Timpf
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Spatial Models ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Default Reasoning ◽  
Cognitive Agents ◽  
Human Navigation ◽  
The World ◽  
Spatial Environment

In this chapter, the authors present a methodology for simulating human navigation within the context of public, multi-modal transport. They show that cognitive agents, that is, agents that can reason about the navigation process and learn from and navigate through the (simulated physical) environment, require the provision of a rich spatial environment. From a cognitive standpoint, human navigation and wayfinding rely on a combination of spatial models (“knowledge in the head”), (default) reasoning processes, and knowledge in the world. Spatial models have been studied extensively, whereas the reasoning processes and especially the role of the “knowledge in the world” have been neglected. The authors first present an overview of research in wayfinding and then envision a model that integrates existing concepts and models for multi-modal public transport illustrated by a case study.

scholarly journals Too Big to Fail?

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Rimmer
Keyword(s):  
Crucial Role ◽  
Frame Analysis ◽  
Interview Data ◽  
Press Coverage ◽  
Too Big To Fail ◽  
Cultural Participation ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
El Sistema

This article engages with questions of failure in cultural participation through a reflection upon matters of interpretation and meaning. That is, rather than considering the ways or extent to which cultural participation programmes might achieve their stated goals, the discussion centres upon the crucial role of representations and perceptions in relation to questions of ‘failure’/‘success’. The discussion centres upon one case study initiative, England's version of the Venezuelan El Sistema programme, In Harmony, and employs frame analysis to explore the ways press coverage and relevant policy documents cultivate an image of programme ‘success’. In order to help reveal some of the problematic assumptions embedded in dominant accounts, the article also draws on original interview data in exploring the marginalised perspectives of programme participants. The findings which emerge suggest the need for particular attention to the symbolic dimensions of cultural participation policies in relation to questions of ‘failure’/‘success’.

scholarly journals Provocation: Technology, resistance and surveillance in public space

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 1007-1024 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisca Grommé
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Technology Usage ◽  
Social Spaces ◽  
Subject Positions ◽  
Order Maintenance ◽  
Urban Public Transport ◽  
Opening Up

The introduction of technologies that monitor and track individuals to attribute suspicion and guilt has become commonplace in practices of order maintenance in public space. A case study of the introduction of a marker spray in Dutch urban public transport is used to conceptualise the role of technology in everyday resistances against surveillance. The introduction of this technology made available alternative subject positions. The notion of provocation is proposed for the opening up of social spaces by a technology. Through provocation, issues that do not find their expression in commonly accepted protocols and means of evidence are given a voice as a result of defiant, emotional and provisional technology usage. Attending to visible and defiant usages also opens up an agenda for examining the varying intensities at which technology operates.

scholarly journals More than A to B: the role of free bus travel for the mobility and wellbeing of older citizens in London

2012 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 472-494 ◽  
Author(s):  
JUDITH GREEN ◽  
ALASDAIR JONES ◽  
HELEN ROBERTS
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Public Health Perspective ◽  
The Public ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Older Citizens

ABSTRACTThis study contributes to the literature on mobility and wellbeing at older ages through an empirical exploration of the meanings of free bus travel for older citizens, addressing the meanings this holds for older people in urban settings, which have been under-researched. Taking London as a case study, where older citizens have free access to a relatively extensive public transport network through a Freedom Pass, we explore from a public health perspective the mechanisms that link this travel benefit to determinants of wellbeing. In addition to the ways in which the Freedom Pass enabled access to health-related goods and services, it provided less tangible benefits. Travelling by bus provided opportunities for meaningful social interaction; travelling as part of the ‘general public’ provided a sense of belonging and visibility in the public arena – a socially acceptable way of tackling chronic loneliness. The Freedom Pass was described not only as providing access to essential goods and services but also as a widely prized mechanism for participation in life in the city. We argue that the mechanisms linking mobility and wellbeing are culturally, materially and politically specific. Our data suggest that in contexts where good public transport is available as a right, and bus travel not stigmatised, it is experienced as a major contributor to wellbeing, rather than a transport choice of last resort. This has implications for other jurisdictions working on accessible transport for older citizens and, more broadly, improving the sustainability of cities.

Where Do You Draw the Line? Landscape, Texts, and the Politics of Planning

1997 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 641-661 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugene J McCann
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Geography ◽  
The State ◽  
Planning Commission ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
Planning Decisions ◽  
Planning Processes ◽  
Two Sides

The paper is an attempt to contribute to studies of landscape production in cultural geography and investigations of the role of texts and discourses in critical planning studies. The main argument is that detailed study of contemporary planning processes overcomes the cruder terms of recent debates over idealism and realism or materialism in cultural geography and permits planning studies to loosen the notion of what texts are important in shaping planning decisions. A detailed case study of a prolonged planning dispute over the production of new landscapes around Lexington, Kentucky provides an empirical basis for the three interrelated theoretical arguments that conclude the paper. These are: (1) to understand landscape and the fundamental role the state plays in it, there must be a recognition of the interwoven nature of discourse and materiality; (2) the fact that state institutions are where different landscape interpretations are articulated allows them to overcome crises of legitimacy and accumulation through the rhetoric of liberal planning; (3) the institutional sites of the state, such as the planning commission, are vitally important spaces in any process of landscape production because their procedures tend to create two ‘sides' in any contest and thus legitimate certain discourses while closing off possibilities for other views to be included in state-sponsored policy documents.

The role of multiplicity in a cult: A case study

1987 ◽  
Author(s):  
William A. Worrall ◽  
Ann W. Stockman
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