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Governing the Geneva Tram Network

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  • Ander Audikana

    (DEUSTO - Universidad de Deusto)

  • Vincent Kaufmann

    (LaSUR - Laboratoire de sociologie urbaine - EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)

  • Marc Antoine Messer

    (LaSUR - Laboratoire de sociologie urbaine - EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)

Abstract

This paper discusses the challenges of managing urban technical networks exploring four complementary dimensions: the autonomy of technical objects, the decision-making model, the reversibility of changes, and the centralization of command and control. The analysis is based on the example of the Geneva tram network, which has experienced an important change of its operating system over recent years. This transformation has created a vigorous social and political controversy. We argue that what is regarded as an intrinsic condition of ungovernability should be better understood as a more or less consciously constructed situation where (a) public transit development does not appear as a real priority within overall transportation policy in Geneva, (b) a delegation of responsibility of managing the tram network occurs from the political to the technical level, and (c) some of the decisions taken at the technical level have, in turn, physically compromised the development of the network.

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  • Ander Audikana & Vincent Kaufmann & Marc Antoine Messer, 2015. "Governing the Geneva Tram Network," Post-Print hal-01567662, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01567662
    DOI: 10.1080/10630732.2015.1073897
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    1. Jean-Philippe Meloche & Vincent Trotignon & François Vaillancourt, 2021. "Densification ou prolongement des réseaux de transport structurants ? Une recension des écrits sur les coûts et les bénéfices attendus," CIRANO Project Reports 2020rp-28, CIRANO.

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