eprintid: 3683
rev_number: 5
eprint_status: archive
userid: 1
dir: disk0/00/00/36/83
datestamp: 2021-09-01 09:02:10
lastmod: 2021-09-01 09:02:10
status_changed: 2021-09-01 09:02:10
type: thesis
metadata_visibility: show
sword_depositor: 1
creators_name: Martinez-Moro, Dennis
creators_id: S2469456
creators_email: dennismm3@hotmail.com
title: Bicycle Highway Implementation - The Contribution of Public Provincial Actors in Realizing Ambitions
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: Bicycle highways are a rather novel and promising concept of cycling infrastructure that aim at positioning cycling as a viable mode of transport in the daily urban system. This high-end infrastructure can therefore be considered an innovation. Research has shown interest in evaluating their use, their users and offering engineering insights. However, little is known of the governance arrangements employed to direct and facilitate the implementation of such an infrastructural innovation. Thus, this thesis aimed at understanding the factors that influence bicycle highway implementation, as well as the strategies employed by relevant public actors. The thesis relied on policy arrangements, diffusion of innovations and change agency theory. National maps with bicycle highway ambitions (2010-2019) were used to make sense of implementation patterns, and interviews with provincial actors were performed to gather in-depth knowledge of the strategies they use to overcome challenges. Findings show that change agency of public actors contributes in four main ways: transition management thinking, building and managing coalitions, navigating political venues and designing new institutions.
date: 2021
pages: 60
thesis_type: master
degree_programme: EIP
tutors_name: Verweij, S.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Planologie
tutors_email: S.Verweij@rug.nl
security: validuser
keywords_local: bicycle highways
keywords_local: policy innovations
keywords_local: sustainable mobility
keywords_local: cycling
keywords_local: change agency
keywords_local: policy entrepreneur
keywords_local: infrastructure planning
keywords_local: diffusion of innovations
language_iso: en
agreed_repository: yes
date_issued: 2021-08-30
citation:   Martinez-Moro, Dennis  (2021) Bicycle Highway Implementation - The Contribution of Public Provincial Actors in Realizing Ambitions.  Master thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3683/1/Final%20Master%27s%20Thesis%20-%20Dennis%20Martinez-Moro.pdf