City bans on diesel-engine cars – is this a public sector innovation?

Posted on 27th February 201827th February 2018 by Tim Jäkel

Features picture: Volkswagen Passat Variant syncro. Source: Volkswagen Media Services. The German federal administrative court today ruled that municipalities in Germany may impose bans on diesel-powered cars to combat polluted air. City bans on diesel-engine cars – is this a public sector innovation? In a public management context an innovation is a novel and useful […]... Read More

Two circle lines outperform a single one

Posted on 21st February 201822nd February 2018 by Tim Jäkel

Here is an follow up to a prior post mentioning the new outer circle line in Moscow which is currently under construction. The figure below depicts all of the outer metro circle’s 30 new stations (bold) and some major interchanging stations. This is a quite spectacular, or less fancy, ambitious public infrastructure project, since most […]... Read More

Re-inventing the wheel , or: back to the future

Posted on 21st February 20185th August 2018 by Tim Jäkel

Berlin, Germany’s capital, currently runs a pilot project with a fleet of 25 e-buses. This is something we could classify as innovative behavior, since an innovation is a novel and useful idea, project or practice that is new to the organization adopting it, regardless of prior adaption in peer units. Good. Berlin’s pilot project received […]... Read More

Take me to the underground

Posted on 19th February 201819th February 2018 by Tim Jäkel

Amid waiting for a new federal government Germany’s sees talk about how to free community members in most larger cities, such as Hamburg, Berlin, Stuttgart, Bonn, and Cologne, from polluted air induced by excessive use of fuel based cars. Free use of public transportation is one potential policy solution to this complex issue. Nudging people […]... Read More

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Month: February 2018

City bans on diesel-engine cars – is this a public sector innovation?

Two circle lines outperform a single one

Re-inventing the wheel , or: back to the future

Take me to the underground