In search of sustainable and inclusive mobility solutions for rural areas.

IF 4.3 3区工程技术

European Transport Research Review Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Epub Date: 2022-04-06 DOI:10.1186/s12544-022-00536-3

Helen Poltimäe, Merlin Rehema, Janika Raun, Age Poom

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Abstract

Background: Despite emerging research on novel mobility solutions in urban areas, there have been few attempts to explore the relevance and sustainability of these solutions in rural contexts. Furthermore, existing research addressing rural mobility solutions typically focuses on a specific user group, such as local residents, second-home owners, or tourists. In this paper, we study the social inclusivity, economic viability, and environmental impacts of novel mobility solutions in rural contexts based on published scholarly literature. When doing so, we bring both permanent and temporary residents of rural areas under one research framework.

Methods: We used grey literature to identify and categorise novel mobility solutions, which have been applied in European rural areas and are suitable for travelling longer distances. By using six service flexibility variables, we reached four categories of novel mobility solutions: semi-flexible demand-responsive transport, flexible door-to-door demand-responsive transport, car-sharing, and ride-sharing. We analysed the social inclusivity, economic viability, and environmental impacts of those categories based on criteria and evidence identified from scholarly literature by including the perspectives of both permanent and temporary residents of rural areas.

Results: Our findings revealed that while single novel mobility solutions are seldom applicable for all rural travellers, strong spatial and temporal synergies exist when combining different solutions. The need for a connected and flexible set of mobility solutions sensitive to the temporal and spatial patterns of mobility needs is inevitable. Accessible and easily understandable information on routing, booking, and ticketing systems, as well as cooperation, shared values, and trust between various parties, are key success factors for sustainable rural mobility.

Conclusion: Integration of the needs of various user groups is essential when aiming to achieve the provision of environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable mobility solutions in rural areas.

Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12544-022-00536-3.

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为农村地区寻找可持续的包容性交通解决方案。

背景：尽管有关城市地区新型交通解决方案的研究不断涌现，但很少有人尝试探索这些解决方案在农村环境中的相关性和可持续性。此外，针对农村交通解决方案的现有研究通常侧重于特定的用户群体，如当地居民、二手房业主或游客。在本文中，我们将根据已发表的学术文献，研究农村地区新型交通解决方案的社会包容性、经济可行性以及对环境的影响。在此过程中，我们将农村地区的常住居民和临时居民纳入一个研究框架：方法：我们利用灰色文献对新型交通解决方案进行了识别和分类，这些方案已在欧洲农村地区得到应用，并适合较长距离的出行。通过使用六个服务灵活性变量，我们得出了四类新型交通解决方案：半灵活的需求响应型交通、灵活的门到门需求响应型交通、汽车共享和乘车共享。我们根据学术文献中确定的标准和证据，分析了这些类别的社会包容性、经济可行性和环境影响，并纳入了农村地区常住居民和临时居民的观点：我们的研究结果表明，虽然单一的新型交通解决方案很少适用于所有农村旅行者，但将不同的解决方案结合在一起，会产生强大的空间和时间协同效应。因此，必然需要一套相互连接且灵活的交通解决方案，以适应交通需求的时间和空间模式。易于获取和理解的路线、预订和票务系统信息，以及各方之间的合作、共同价值观和信任，是可持续农村交通的关键成功因素：结论：要在农村地区提供环境、社会和经济上可持续的交通解决方案，整合不同用户群体的需求至关重要：在线版本包含补充材料，可在 10.1186/s12544-022-00536-3 网站上查阅。

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European Transport Research Review Engineering-Mechanical Engineering

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