DRAWING THE LINES: POLICY PRIORITIZATION IN DUTCH PUBLIC TRANSPORT CONCESSION AREAS
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2023-07-22
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Policy-making in the Netherlands faces several crucial challenges, including a housing and energy crisis, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Russo-Ukrainian War. Additionally, the ongoing global warming puts extra pressure on ensuring that policies contribute to a sustainable future. Dutch policies, therefore, need to contribute to numerous policy domains and policy objectives. It is relevant to understand factors on which transport policy-makers base their decisions and why certain objectives are prioritized over others. This thesis investigates the question: ‘How do policy-makers prioritize the policy objectives of accessibility, sustainability, and social inclusion in regional public transport concessions areas in the Netherlands?’ The study approaches the research question applying the policy arrangement approach to study the policy process and it uses the cognitive rationality model to comprehend prioritization. In doing so, it employs a qualitative comparative case study analysis of two regional transport areas in the Netherlands. The data analysis involves both examining policy documents and conducting semi-structured interviews.
Keywords: policy-making; public transport; accessibility; sustainability; social inclusion; the Netherlands
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen