"All transport problems are essentially mathematical": The uneven resonance of academic transport and mobility knowledge in Brussels

《"All transport problems are essentially mathematical": The uneven resonance of academic transport and mobility knowledge in Brussels》

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关键字: Transport policy; sustainable transport; urban political economy; critical urban theory; sociology of knowledge; circuits of knowledge; COST-BENEFIT-ANALYSIS; URBAN-POLICY MOBILITIES; SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; DECISION-MAKING; GLOBAL C

作者单位: [Keblowski, Wojciech] Univ Libre Bruxelles, IGEAT, Campus Solbosch,DC6-213,Ave Depage 30, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium. [Keblowski, Wojciech] Vrije Univ Brussel, Dept Geog, COSMOPOLIS, Brussels, Belgium. [Bassens, David] COSMOPOLIS, Dept Geog, Brussels, Belgium. Keblowski, W (reprint author), Univ Libre Bruxelles, IGEAT, Campus Solbosch,DC6-213,Ave Depage 30, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium. E-Mail: wojciech.keblowski@vub.be

摘要: This paper presents an inquiry into the capacity of transport and mobility studies to critically engage with contemporary policies. Drawing on the conceptualization of circuits of knowledge, the paper scrutinizes the extent to which transport policy agendas are framed around various approaches within academia. An extensive literature review reveals that the academic field of transport and mobility is organized around a hegemonic core of neoclassical and sustainable approaches. Meanwhile, a critique of these dominant approaches is emerging in an attempt to (re)embed mobility issues in urban political economy. This threefold knowledge typology visibly resonates within transport policy agendas in Brussels, where we detect a growth-oriented and largely depoliticized dual hegemony of neoclassical and sustainable narratives, with critical academic voices rarely entering official agendas. The paper concludes with a reflection on the difficulties, yet also the need to mobilize critical academic knowledge in the field of transport and mobility.