1. Implementing evidence-based policy in a network setting: road safety policy in the Netherlands.
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Bax C, de Jong M, and Koppenjan J
- Subjects
- Equipment Safety economics, Equipment Safety history, Equipment Safety psychology, History, 20th Century, History, 21st Century, Netherlands ethnology, Accidents, Traffic economics, Accidents, Traffic history, Accidents, Traffic legislation & jurisprudence, Accidents, Traffic psychology, Automobile Driving education, Automobile Driving legislation & jurisprudence, Automobile Driving psychology, Public Health economics, Public Health education, Public Health history, Public Health legislation & jurisprudence, Public Policy economics, Public Policy history, Public Policy legislation & jurisprudence, Safety economics, Safety history, Safety legislation & jurisprudence
- Abstract
In the early 1990s, in order to improve road safety in The Netherlands, the Institute for Road Safety Research (SWOV) developed an evidence-based "Sustainable Safety" concept. Based on this concept, Dutch road safety policy, was seen as successful and as a best practice in Europe. In The Netherlands, the policy context has now changed from a sectoral policy setting towards a fragmented network in which safety is a facet of other transport-related policies. In this contribution, it is argued that the implementation strategy underlying Sustainable Safety should be aligned with the changed context. In order to explore the adjustments needed, two perspectives of policy implementation are discussed: (1) national evidence-based policies with sectoral implementation; and (2) decentralized negotiation on transport policy in which road safety is but one aspect. We argue that the latter approach matches the characteristics of the newly evolved policy context best, and conclude with recommendations for reformulating the implementation strategy.
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- 2010
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