The Rationale of Policies Promoting the Use of Railway to Passengers (in Particular Young People) Contributing to the Sustainability of the Mobility Sector: A Comparative Study of the European Union and China

Wamser, Klara Sophie (2025) The Rationale of Policies Promoting the Use of Railway to Passengers (in Particular Young People) Contributing to the Sustainability of the Mobility Sector: A Comparative Study of the European Union and China. Bachelor thesis, Global Responsibility & Leadership (GRL).

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Abstract

Governmental policies drive change by framing plans addressing issues such as climate change; despite concerned with similar problems, policies from different contexts vary in approaches e.g. regarding sustainable development. Therefore, this study conducts a comparative policy analysis between the European Union (EU) and China. Concretely, the aim is developing simi-larities and differences of policies regarding a sustainabable mobility sector as it contributes highly to carbon emissions. Explicitly, policies promoting using the railway (RW) system to-wards passengers – particularly young passengers – as sustainable transportation option, are analysed by three aspects: issues, goals and tools. The results show in European and Chinese policies this topic is categorised into five main arguments: carbon emissions, utilisation and optimisation of the RW system, connectivity of people, passenger numbers and needs, and young passengers. Overall, there are similarities in both policy contexts regarding these over-arching topics, but the specifics differ immensely. The EU organises overcoming national bor-ders for a coherent RW network and increased connectivity; China plans including more re-gions for similar reasons. While the EU struggles with low passenger numbers, China projects enhanced orderly and safe RW service on immense passenger flow days, to only name some differences which have potential to complement each other.

Item Type:	Thesis (Bachelor)
Name supervisor:	Zhang, J.
Date Deposited:	06 Jun 2025 08:45
Last Modified:	06 Jun 2025 08:45
URI:	https://campus-fryslan.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/597

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