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A preliminary assessment of regulatory efforts to steer smart mobility in London and Seattle

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  • Moscholidou, Ioanna
  • Pangbourne, Kate

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Smart mobility services, such as carsharing or ridesharing, are often promoted by their providers as the key to a sustainable transport future. However, they are also associated with risks such as increased congestion and inequality. This paper argues that state intervention is essential in order to mitigate such risks, and steer smart mobility in a way that contributes to the delivery of sustainable transport. We use London and Seattle as case studies to explore whether the regulation they have introduced can hold smart mobility providers accountable for their impacts on the urban environment, and if the accountability arrangements that are in place in each city can help local governments achieve their strategic goals for smart mobility. Our original finding is that there are three key features of regulations that are essential for shaping and steering smart mobility: regulations should be directed to specific types of smart mobility; should clearly set out providers' responsibilities and what happens if they fail to fulfill them; and should seek to clearly align the smart mobility offer with the cities' long-term strategies. We conclude that Seattle's regulatory approach is more likely to help the city achieve its ambitions for smart mobility, but we also highlight that regulation is only one element of smart mobility governance and careful consideration needs to be given to the role, if any, smart mobility will play in delivering a sustainable transport future.

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  • Moscholidou, Ioanna & Pangbourne, Kate, 2020. "A preliminary assessment of regulatory efforts to steer smart mobility in London and Seattle," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 98(C), pages 170-177.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:trapol:v:98:y:2020:i:c:p:170-177
    DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2019.10.015
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    1. Zipeng Zhang & Ning Zhang, 2021. "A Novel Development Scheme of Mobility as a Service: Can It Provide a Sustainable Environment for China?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(8), pages 1-19, April.
    2. Ioanna Moscholidou & Greg Marsden & Kate Pangbourne, 2023. "Steering Smart Mobility Services: Lessons from Seattle, Greater Manchester and Stockholm," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(5), pages 1-16, March.
    3. Ikezoe, Keigo & Kiriyama, Eriko & Fujimura, Shuzo, 2021. "Analysis of car ownership motivation in Tokyo for sustainable mobility service and urban development," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 114(C), pages 1-14.
    4. Paulo Antonio Maldonado Silveira Alonso Munhoz & Fabricio da Costa Dias & Christine Kowal Chinelli & André Luis Azevedo Guedes & João Alberto Neves dos Santos & Wainer da Silveira e Silva & Carlos Alb, 2020. "Smart Mobility: The Main Drivers for Increasing the Intelligence of Urban Mobility," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(24), pages 1-25, December.
    5. David Ruiz Bargueño & Valerio Antonio Pamplona Salomon & Fernando Augusto Silva Marins & Pedro Palominos & Luis Armando Marrone, 2021. "State of the Art Review on the Analytic Hierarchy Process and Urban Mobility," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 9(24), pages 1-13, December.
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    7. María Flor & Armando Ortuño & Begoña Guirao, 2022. "Does the Implementation of Ride-Hailing Services Affect Urban Road Safety? The Experience of Madrid," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(5), pages 1-18, March.

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