Roadspace reallocation.: Streets as contested spaces. Revised version.

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This report is a revised version of the third and last WP2 deliverable. Drawing on the work done on the organizational, institutional, regulatory and political dimensions of road space allocation, it focuses on the contestation of street space. By purposefully using the notion of contestation, it sets out to identify various views on how space should be allocated across different transport modes and non-transport activities, as well as the various ways through which they are made material. Who has an interest in contesting road space arrangements or proposed changes? What are these claims about? How are they mobilized? To what extent are these claims channelled by formal consultation and decision-making processes? What similarities can be found across cities? How are these views represented at EU level? Drawing on an original qualitative dataset, the report includes an up-to-date analysis of how the contestation of street space enfolds across five cities - London, Constanta, Malmö, Lisbon and Budapest - and at EU level. Content: An up-to-date analysis of how the contestation of street space enfolds across five cities - London, Constanta, Malmö, Lisbon and Budapest - and at EU level ; Appendices : the detailed, supporting analysis for each of the five cases (“city portraits”), two sets of recommendations produced by ECF (European Cyclists Foundation) of how existing EU and Member states legislation should be revised in order to accommodate cycling.The revsions reflect the chnages taking place in the context of COVID-19 crisis across the 5 cities. Each city portrait has been updated (mainly section 4 about motivations and section 6 about future scenarios). Similarly, the cross-findings report was revised (the literature review, cross-findings about motivations and cooperation between public authorities and NGOs, developments taking place in the EU multi-level governance framework). The reference list was revised and updated as well across all sections.