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Eric Britton
Francis Eric Knight Britton was an American political scientist and sustainability activist who lived and worked in Paris, France, since 1969. As the main convenor of The Commons: Open Society Sustainability Initiative and its various networks, he was well known for promoting integrated public transport, carsharing and bike sharing.
Britton was born in Boston, Massachusetts on 27 June 1938, and trained in the Physical Sciences and Economics at Amherst College, Columbia University (Graduate Faculties), the International Fellows Program, the University of Rome (La Sapienza), and École pratique des hautes études, Paris.
A former member of the Faculty of Economics at New York University and Mills College, and occasional lecturer at universities in many parts of the world; his work received early support from the Ford Foundation (“Why large transport projects fail and what we can learn from them: Case studies from Paris, London and Zurich”) and a Fulbright Fellowship for his work on “Development Theories and Myths in the Italian South (Mezzogiorno)”.
For many years, Britton was active in the creation and management of independent, interdisciplinary, cross-cultural peer networks and open partnerships for problem solving and providing counsel and policy direction for Governments, the private sector and volunteer and community groups in a broad range of problem areas involving technological change, sustainable development and social justice.
Britton died on October 31, 2021
Through his own consultancy, EcoPlan International, Britton undertook projects which mainly relate to improving urban transport sustainability.
The Commons: Open Society Sustainability Initiative is an umbrella for related discussion groups and online resources relating to sustainable urban transport, The Commons and its related online journal World Streets aim to promote and disseminate best practice.
Much of his work involved co-ordinating the collaborative New Mobility Agenda, which encompassed a number of possible transport solutions, including car free days, carsharing, bikesharing and shared space projects.
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Eric Britton
Francis Eric Knight Britton was an American political scientist and sustainability activist who lived and worked in Paris, France, since 1969. As the main convenor of The Commons: Open Society Sustainability Initiative and its various networks, he was well known for promoting integrated public transport, carsharing and bike sharing.
Britton was born in Boston, Massachusetts on 27 June 1938, and trained in the Physical Sciences and Economics at Amherst College, Columbia University (Graduate Faculties), the International Fellows Program, the University of Rome (La Sapienza), and École pratique des hautes études, Paris.
A former member of the Faculty of Economics at New York University and Mills College, and occasional lecturer at universities in many parts of the world; his work received early support from the Ford Foundation (“Why large transport projects fail and what we can learn from them: Case studies from Paris, London and Zurich”) and a Fulbright Fellowship for his work on “Development Theories and Myths in the Italian South (Mezzogiorno)”.
For many years, Britton was active in the creation and management of independent, interdisciplinary, cross-cultural peer networks and open partnerships for problem solving and providing counsel and policy direction for Governments, the private sector and volunteer and community groups in a broad range of problem areas involving technological change, sustainable development and social justice.
Britton died on October 31, 2021
Through his own consultancy, EcoPlan International, Britton undertook projects which mainly relate to improving urban transport sustainability.
The Commons: Open Society Sustainability Initiative is an umbrella for related discussion groups and online resources relating to sustainable urban transport, The Commons and its related online journal World Streets aim to promote and disseminate best practice.
Much of his work involved co-ordinating the collaborative New Mobility Agenda, which encompassed a number of possible transport solutions, including car free days, carsharing, bikesharing and shared space projects.