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This following special issue of the European Journal of Transport Infrastructure Research (EJTIR) containing 4 scientific papers is the result of the work conducted under the research project ‘National Transport Planning – Sustainability, Institutions and Tools’ (SUSTAIN) (2012- 2017) financed by the Danish Innovation Fund. SUSTAIN was coordinated by first the Department of Transport of the Technical University of Denmark (DTU Transport) and later as the result of a reorganisation of the transport research at DTU by the Department of Management Engineering (DTU Management Engineering). The project was carried out in cooperation with several Danish and international partners.

Departing from open innovation (OI), this case study explores the development of Mobility as a Service (MaaS) in West Sweden. An analysis of 19 interviews reveals how representatives from involved actors perceive internal and external barriers as hampering the regional public transport authority’s attempts to collaborate with private actors, and that the perception of barriers is incongruent across public and private actors. Transferability to other cases of public–private OI is discussed, and implications for public actors are proposed. The paper expands the knowledge of preconditions for MaaS’ development and of the unique conditions for OI in public–private settings.

Stads- och trafikplanering är komplext och cyklingen har generellt sett minskat i Sverige och svenska städer trots målsättningar och ambitioner om motsatsen. En möjlig orsak till detta är att det dels är svårt att skapa sig en samlad överblick över vilka faktorer som påverkar valet att cykla, dels är svårt att skapa sig en samlad överblick över hur dessa faktorer ser ut i en specifik stad. En modell för analys av geografisk tillgänglighet för cykling i städer kan vara ett stöd för att åstadkomma denna överblick och därmed för att identifiera de faktorer som är kritiska för valet att cykla.

Kollektivtrafiken påverkas i ökad utsträckning av nya tjänster, lösningar och tekniker som växer fram inom området delad mobilitet, inklusive samåkningsappar, nya typer av bilpooler, ”mobility as a service”-koncept, smarta hyrcykelsystem med mera. Utvecklingen innebär såväl utmaningar som möjligheter. I den här rapporten studeras hur nya delade mobilitetstjänster kan kopplas till kollektivtrafiken och göra den mer attraktiv och effektiv. Rapporten har författats av Alexander Paulsson vid K2 och VTI på uppdrag av Trafikanalys.

The purpose of this paper is to understand the relationship between the formal (governance established in law) and informal institutions (governance not established in law) that underpin the planning, operation and improvement of local and regional public transport, by using case studies of four countries: Britain (more specifically England, outside London); the Netherlands; Germany; and Sweden. The paper uses a framework drawn from the literature on institutional change to analyse the interplay between the formal governance structures and the other actors and organisations that have an influence on public transport, the formal and informal relationships between them, and how informal institutions emerge to increase the effectiveness with which public transport is delivered. By selecting countries with some similarities in institutional structure, it is possible to explore how relationships can differ even within a relatively similar overall framework for public transport. Drawing on qualitative research with actors in the different countries, the research explores how informal institutions help actors negotiate the constraints of formal, statutory institutions. Findings reveal that informal institutions smooth the critical interfaces where formal institutions were producing sub-optimal public transport, thus providing evidence that the two modes of governance are, in fact, highly complementary.