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Drawing on configurational theorising, this paper explores the complex interdependencies between and among the drivers of sustainable urban mobility in the context of large cities. By using high social impact as a proxy for successful sustainable urban mobility initiatives, we reveal that multiple configurations of infrastructure, market attractiveness, systems efficiency, and innovation can lead to successful initiatives, and these configurations are markedly different from those that result in unsuccessful initiatives. Subsequently, we show that these configurations do not apply to the cities under investigation regardless of their income, thus augmenting the configurational approach with a contingency perspective. Theoretical, methodological and policy implications are discussed by developing propositions that map large cities along the tangible/intangible continuum of successful sustainable urban mobility initiatives, thus highlighting the interdependent nature of physical infrastructure, innovation ecosystems and social impact.
Author(s): Iannacci F, Chari S, Papagiannidis S
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Technological Forecasting and Social Change
Year: 2025
Volume: 212
Pages: 123963
Print publication date: 01/03/2025
Online publication date: 04/01/2025
Acceptance date: 19/12/2024
Date deposited: 21/12/2024
ISSN (print): 0040-1625
ISSN (electronic): 1873-5509
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2024.123963
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2024.123963
Data Access Statement: We have added the datasets as Supplementary Materials (see Appendix 1)
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