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

Andrey Vozyanov (Author)

The Journal of Transport History
Volume: 39
Issue: 1
Pages: 25-40
Publication date: June 2018
Language: English

DOI: 10.1177/0022526618757086

URI: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0022526618757086

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Land transportation Science and technology studies (STS) Transportation Mobility Marshrutka Ridesharing Sustainability Periphery model (theory) Infrastructure Regulation Taxicabs 21st century 20th century, late Romania Ukraine Europe

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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