This paper analyzes a recent attempt by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to replace diesel vehicles with low-emission vehicles, particularly, compressed natural gas vehicles. As commonly observed in the transportation sector, when strong complementarities among the components of a complex technological system exist, a failure in coordination results to a state of technological lock-in. In this respect, the public sector can serve a focal role in coordination to promote new technologies. The Tokyo experience illustrates the potentials and limitations in overcoming a state of technological lock-in by effective management of the behaviors and expectations of the relevant actors involved in using, producing, and supporting alternative clean vehicles.


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    Title :

    Public coordination for escaping from technological lock-in: its possibilities and limits in replacing diesel vehicles with compressed natural gas vehicles in Tokyo


    Additional title:

    Öffentliche Koordination als Ausweg aus einer Pattsituation: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen des Ersatzes von Dieselfahrzeugen durch Erdgasfahrzeuge in Tokio


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Journal of Cleaner Production ; 17 , 14 ; 1281-1288


    Publication date :

    2009


    Size :

    8 Seiten, 8 Bilder, 4 Tabellen, 40 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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