A qualitative exploration of actors’ power resources and relations in Swiss transit station district planning

Cross-sectoral collaboration between actors is essential when planning station districts for transit-oriented development. However, power relations and the resulting dominance of selected complicate collaborative processes necessary integration transportation urban planning. Despite previous problematization in planning, dedicated research lacking on districts. This article aims to tackle this literature gap through qualitative case studies two Switzerland. The findings suggest that municipalities public transport providers use resources assume institutional roles outside their traditional domains, partly as a tactical response initiatives they contest. For practice, proposes process organizers grasp actors’ potentials early and, if mobilized, integrate them favor broadly supported district