On the Road to a Fare-Free Public Transport Policy: A Case Study of The Wroclaw Anarchist Federation

• Autorzy: Štraub Daniel

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.4467/2543859XPKG.23.003.17400

Warianty tytułu

PL

Na drodze do polityki bezpłatnego transportu publicznego: studium przypadku Wrocławskiej Federacji Anarchistycznej

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

“Climate Alarm”, a position of Wroclaw public authorities, is an official recognition of issues linked to global climate changes highlighting the position of urban transport development on the sustainable development agenda. Wroclaw Anarchists Federation (WAF) has entered the debate over the further trajectory of the city by proposing the fare-free public transport policy (FFPT) as an instrument supporting the new path presented with the “Climate Alarm.” As the FFPT is being implemented for various reasons, this study uses the content and discourse analyses to explore not only the framing of the FFPT campaign but also how the call for FFPT adoption is set in motion. The WAF sees the FFPT as sustainable transport innovation, and their campaign is suitable for explaining the ecological and social rationale of the FFPT. However, it is not enough to shift the public discourse and mobilize public authorities to consider the FFPT as an option.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

free public transport; public transport policy; FFPT; urban social movement; transport development; Wroclaw

PL

bezpłatny transport publiczny; polityka transportu publicznego; FFPT; miejski ruch społeczny; rozwój transportu; Wrocław

• Wydawca: Komisja Geografii Komunikacji Polskiego Towarzystwa Geograficznego ; Uniwersytet Gdański. Katedra Geografii Rozwoju Regionalnego
• Czasopismo: Prace Komisji Geografii Komunikacji PTG
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: nr 26(1)
• Strony: 40--51
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 99 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Štraub Daniel

• Jagiellonian University, Doctoral School in the Social Sciences, Faculty of Geography and Geology, Institute of Geography and Spatial Management, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Krakow

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1084-1260

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