Citation

McKenzie C. World Transp. Policy Pract. 1999; 5(1): 4-10.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Eco-Logica)

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Abstract

The paper uses case-study material from a number of North European and UK cities to explore the types of initiatives that are being considered under the 'car-free city' movement. These are analysed using models of radical and conservative sustainable development. The paper suggests that even in municipalities actively claiming to be pursuing a 'green' agenda, only a very conservative interpreta- tion of sustainable development is being implemented. This can, in part, be explained by exploring the changing role and function of the local state in late-modern society and, in particular, its heightened role in pursuing local economic development within a global marketplace. This, it is argued, places substantial limitations on the nature and extent of sustainable urban transport policies that are being, and can be, implemented, with important social and environmental consequences.