Rietman, Veronique (2020) Transferring cycling policies - The benefits and the barriers for the city state of Berlin. Master thesis.
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Abstract
Since the parliamentary elections of 2016, the bicycle is one of the core focus points of transport planning in Berlin. As the inclusion of the bicycle in mobility laws is new for Berlin (even for the whole of Germany), searching abroad for best practices seems an attractive form of policymaking. This research explores the extent to which the benefits of policy transfer determine the choice of policymakers in Berlin to participate in the policy transfer process. Moreover, it explores in what way the barriers experienced in the policy transfer process influence the outcome. Bicycle policymaking in Berlin is characterized by a co-creation process between the local government and organizations such as Changing Cities (a civil organization) and ADFC (the German bicycle association). Empirical data was gathered through semi-structured interviews with policymakers and other actors related to policymaking in Berlin. This study demonstrates that evidence-based policymaking that policy transfer offers is experienced as the benefit that is most decisive in the decision whether to participate in policy transfer. Apart from that, there are several barriers that influence the outcome of policy transfer. This research found out that barriers related to the actual transferring of a policy do influence the outcome of the policy transfer to a greater extent than barriers experienced while searching for suitable policies to transfer. This study is concluded with recommendations for policymakers on how to deal with those barriers.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Degree programme: | Environmental & Infrastructure Planning |
| Supervisor: | Lamker, C.W. |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Aug 2020 09:37 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Aug 2020 09:37 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3303 |
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