Experiences in the development and implementation of transport policy push measures at municipal, state and federal level: An empirical study from Germany.

Abstract

This paper analyses the experiences of administrative staff at different federal levels with the development and implementation of transport policy push measures in Germany. To this end, two focus groups were conducted at municipal level and expert interviews were conducted with administrative staff at state and federal level. The results show that employees at all levels consider push measures to be important for achieving transport policy goals. Cooperation with politicians, administrative structures and financial and human resources are sometimes seen as obstacles to the development and implementation of push measures. The trialling of push measures and the slow progress in small steps are seen as beneficial. For the first time, the results provide an insight into the experiences of administrative staff with the development and implementation of push measures in Germany.