Aldenius, M, Mullen, C orcid.org/0000-0003-2915-5009 and Pettersson-Löfstedt, F (2022) Electric buses in England and Sweden – Overcoming barriers to introduction. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 104. 103204. ISSN 1361-9209
Abstract
Electric buses can improve the environmental performance of public transport. Yet, introducing electric buses brings novel challenges, such as requirements for operational changes, new forms of institutional collaboration, increased investment costs and technological concerns. This paper investigates these challenges and strategies for managing them by comparing experiences of electric bus implementation in English and Swedish cities. The comparative approach enabled us to understand the influence of governance context, organisational practices and relations between stakeholders. The comparison shows that experiences by involved stakeholders are highly context dependant. Financial and regulatory support from the national government, along with passenger demand and route characteristics had significant influence on the implementation. However, the relationship between stakeholders involved and the division of responsibility emerged as central factors to overcome challenges – the most important being the development of functioning collaboration between the stakeholders.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) |
Keywords: | Electric buses; Public transport; Service implementation; Collaboration; Institutional cooperation; Regulation |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > Institute for Transport Studies (Leeds) > ITS: Sustainable Transport Policy (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) ES/T000074/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 14 Feb 2022 16:18 |
Last Modified: | 14 Feb 2022 16:18 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.trd.2022.103204 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:183520 |