@article {Dudley:2019:0263-7960:93,
title = "The Dynamics of Public Participation in New Technology Transitions: the Case Of Dockless Bicycle Hire in Manchester",
journal = "Built Environment",
parent_itemid = "infobike://alex/benv",
publishercode ="alex",
year = "2019",
volume = "45",
number = "1",
publication date ="2019-04-01T00:00:00",
pages = "93-111",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "0263-7960",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/alex/benv/2019/00000045/00000001/art00006",
doi = "doi:10.2148/benv.45.1.93",
author = "Dudley, Geoffrey and Banister, David and Schwanen, Tim",
abstract = "New technologies are playing an increasingly important part in shaping the
development of city transport and the wider built environment. Relatively litt le
att ention has, however, been given to how the technologies evolve in social and
political terms, so that the public are not just seen as the passive receivers of new
technology. Technological transitions are not only about the technology, but also
about the social and political implications of innovation and how people respond to
the new mobility. Participatory exchange and the policy process are essential parts of
that approach. This paper explores the dynamics of how a technological innovation
failed as a niche-innovation in terms of the socio-technical transitions framework.
It uses the case study of the Mobike dockless bicycle hire scheme in Manchester to
illustrate the reasons for failure. These included poor participatory practice in the
earlier stages of the scheme, together with the inability of the innovator to respond
appropriately through participatory exchange, including the direct participation of
the public through the technology, in the implementation stage.",
}