The organisation of door-to-door journeys involving public transport : insights from four european city regions

• This international study, part of the JPI Urban Europe project EASIER, aims to unravel the governance complexities of intermodality. Through a series of workshops, the study analyses the governance of door-to-door mobility by mapping organisational roles, responsibilities and relationships in the context of multimodal regional transport networks in four countries: Lund/Malmö (Sweden), Copenhagen (Denmark), Berlin (Germany) and Trøndelag (Norway). It highlights the challenges associated with organising intermodal journeys and provides examples of governance mechanisms in each country that support integration and inter-organisational collaboration. Data was collected through workshops with stakeholders representing organisations involved in public transport governance. The workshops aimed to map organisational roles and responsibilities, identify challenges and highlight examples of good practice. Each workshop was structured around an example of a local journey, designed to raise issues of coordination across modal, spatial and organisational boundaries.The results show that door-to-door mobility presents similar challenges across different national contexts. Many of these challenges stem from the recognition that while facilitating intermodal journeys requires comprehensive and integrated planning across modal and spatial boundaries, the governance of public transport is often constrained by fragmented, multi-level structures and regulatory barriers. In one workshop, the door-to-door journey was described as a puzzle; a puzzle that no one takes responsibility for solving. The findings of this study underline the importance of collaboration to create a cohesive and efficient transport network that enables users to make seamless, intermodal door-to-door journeys. The study highlights the value of establishing partnerships and national funding mechanisms with the explicit aim of supporting collaboration, aligning objectives and unifying regulations across complex and fragmented governance structures.

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TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Samhällsbyggnadsteknik -- Transportteknik och logistik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Civil Engineering -- Transport Systems and Logistics (hsv//eng)

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Statsvetenskap -- Studier av offentlig förvaltning (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Political Science -- Public Administration Studies (hsv//eng)

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