Pop-up cycling infrastructure as a niche innovation for sustainable transportation in European cities
An inter- and transdisciplinary case study of Berlin
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21229447 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sophia Becker (0000-0003-3893-5840, Research Institute for Sustainability at GFZ, corresponding author), Dirk Von Schneidemesser (0000-0003-4732-8698, Research Institute for Sustainability at GFZ), Alexandre Caseiro (0000-0003-3188-3371, Research Institute for Sustainability at GFZ), Katharina Götting (Research Institute for Sustainability at GFZ), Seán Schmitz (0000-0002-8860-441X, Research Institute for Sustainability at GFZ), Erika von Schneidemesser (0000-0003-1386-285X, Research Institute for Sustainability at GFZ) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 87 |
| Pages | 104168 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sustainable Cities and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2210-6707 • E-ISSN: 2210-6715 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.scs.2022.104168 |
| OpenAlex | W4295008927 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 54 |
Mobility behavior changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic have opened a window of opportunity for an accelerated transition towards sustainable mobility. Many European cities installed temporary cycling infrastructure which can be considered a niche innovation in the Multi-Level-Perspective of transitions (Geels, 2002). We empirically assess the effects of such temporary infrastructure in terms of air quality, behaviour, and acceptance, with a focus on the city of Berlin, Germany. The numerous pop-up bike lanes installed serve as an inter- and transdisciplinary case study to systematically capture these effects. We conducted a survey among Berlin citizens (n= 1,661), analysed cycling usage data, and measured the exposure of cyclists to air quality before and after the implementation of one pop-up bike lane during the first wave of COVID-19. Results show that pop-up bike lanes receive high levels of acceptance, increase cycling usage on the respective street, and reduce cyclists’ exposure to nitrogen dioxide. Their implementation fosters an innovative mind-set of transport planning: to temporarily try out new street designs, learn from these practical experiences, improve the designs, and then permanently implement the ones best proven in practice. We conclude that PUBL can accelerate the regime shift from car-oriented to bicycle-friendly cities because of its many demonstrated positive impacts
Air quality index · Business · Cycling · Geography · Meteorology · Sustainability · Sustainable transport · Transport engineering · Air Quality and Health Impacts · Engineering · Urban Green Space and Health · Urban Transport and Accessibility
Conflicts in real-world labs ‐ Perspectives of critical and ambivalent residents on a temporary public space redesign project in Berlin
Role of life and exogeneous events on habit disruptions affecting public bike sharing choices
Windows of opportunity
Global Street Experiment
A Socio-Spatial Approach to Define Priority Areas for Bicycle Infrastructure Using Covid-19 Data
Overestimated environmental benefits of short-term changes in mobility behaviour
How new metro lines shape a sustainable future
Data fusion for enhancing urban air quality modeling using large-scale citizen science data
Climate Change and Urban Resilience in Smart Cities
The E-Bike City as a radical shift toward zero-emission transport
Cycling in a Crisis
Will short-term behavior changes during the Covid-19 crisis evolve into low-carbon practices
Impact of bicycle infrastructure and long-term exposure to PM2.5 on cycling
Sustainable transition in suburban transport
Case Study
The crisis justified the urgency, but now we have to go back to the rule of law
The dynamics of transitions in socio-technical systems
The enactment of socio-technical transition pathways
Infrastructure, programs, and policies to increase bicycling
Covid-19 lockdowns cause global air pollution declines
Context change and travel mode choice
Experimenting for sustainability transitions
The structuration of socio-technical regimes—Conceptual foundations from institutional theory
Strategic niche management and sustainable innovation journeys
Empowering interventions to promote sustainable lifestyles
The multi-level perspective on sustainability transitions
The role of social identity in institutional work for sociotechnical transitions
Adapting Urban Transport Planning to the Covid-19 Pandemic
ANN-Based traffic volume prediction models in response to Covid-19 imposed measures
Human mobility behavior in Covid-19
Nonlinear impact of Covid-19 on pollutions – Evidence from Wuhan, New York, Milan, Madrid, Bandra, London, Tokyo and Mexico City
Urban resilience
The global impacts of Covid-19 lockdowns on urban air pollution
What opportunities could the Covid-19 outbreak offer for sustainability transitions research on electricity and mobility
Do new bike lanes impact air pollution exposure for cyclists?—a case study from Berlin
Stewards or sticklers for change? Incumbent energy providers and the politics of the German energy transition
Rethinking habits and their role in behaviour change
A socio-technical analysis of low-carbon transitions
The everyday politics of urban transformational adaptation
Habit, information acquisition, and the process of making travel mode choices
An agenda for sustainability transitions research
| Citations per year | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |