Article ID: CBB504216233

Solution into problem: Ukrainian Marshrutka and Romanian maxi-taxi at the fall of planning paradigms after 1990 (June 2018)

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Focusing on marshrutka in Ukraine and maxi-taxi in Romania after 1990, I argue that both the idea and the realisation of shared taxis at the peripheries of Europe during the post-socialist years have been implemented as a solution for needed mobility, yet they have shifted to becoming a problem. Marshrutka and maxi-taxi can be considered an area of negotiations, which caused both public support and rejection. More recently, collocated as they are in the peripheries of Europe, a shared taxi service conflicted with images of (European) modernity and was labelled as incompatible with any planning or sustainable policy. Additionally, implementing stricter regulations displayed the state’s power and presence.

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Authors & Contributors
Flonneau, Mathieu
Baatarnaran Tsetsentsolmon
Norman W. Garrick
Olga Povoroznyuk
Peter Schweitzer
Dimitris Dalakoglou
Concepts
Mobility
Land transportation
Infrastructure
Technoscience; science and technology studies
Transportation
Ridesharing
Time Periods
21st century
20th century
20th century, late
Places
United States
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Estonia
Nigeria
Eastern Europe
Romania
Institutions
Uber
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