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Democracy means government by the people, direct or representative. Most western countries are in fact ruled by the people — some more directly, some less. Perhaps the most direct democracy in existence has been developped in Switzerland. The following notes may give some indications what this means with regard to the decisionmaking in the field of traffic and transport.
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Barbe, H.B., Barbe, A.G. (1977). The Uncertainty of Decisionmaking in a Direct Democracy. In: Visser, E.J. (eds) Transport decisions in an age of uncertainty. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9707-3_40
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