Vélomobilities of care in a low-cycling city

Ravensbergen, Léa; Buliung, Ron; Sersli, Stephanie

doi:10.1016/j.tra.2020.02.014

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“…A growing body of literature have highlighted how social practice theory can contribute to mobility research (Berg and Henriksson 2020;Sersli et al 2020;Ravensbergen, Buliung, and Sersli 2020;Sopjani et al 2020;Larsen 2017;Cass and Faulconbridge 2016a;Spotswood et al 2015;Nettleton and Green 2014;Spurling et al 2013). This approach has been successful in explaining the difficulties in steering towards more sustainable mobility, where mobility practices are connected to a variety of other practices and to norms about 'the good life', space-time-constraints, gendered relations and cycling identities.…”

Section: Social Practice Theory In Mobility Researchmentioning

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Immoral and irrational cyclists? Exploring the practice of cycling on the pavement

2021

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Cycling on the pavement is commonly seen in urban environments despite often being prohibited. This study explores this practice by analysing cycling on pavements in the wider socio-technical context in which it occurs. Using data from two field studies and one questionnaire study, as well as applying a Social Practice Theory (SPT) based analytical approach, the study explores the frequency of cycling on the pavement. The results show that riding on the pavement is common among cyclists. Three main configurations of meaning, material and competence constitutes this practice which is summarised as follows: avoiding the space of the car, increasing smoothness of the ride and unclear infrastructure design. Cycling on the pavement can be regarded as a way of managing safety and risk, seeking more efficient and comfortable paths of travel, as well as the outcome of perceiving the infrastructure as ambiguous. Overall, the study argues that cycling on the pavement is a consequence of skewed power relations between different modes of transport, as well as policies, urban planning and infrastructure not harmonising with demands for safe and smooth travel by cyclists.

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Section: Social Practice Theory In Mobility Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Immoral and irrational cyclists? Exploring the practice of cycling on the pavement

2021

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“…First, the gender balance was not equal in the sample. Although our sample does, to a certain extent, reflect on-road reality (in the UK), to encourage greater gender equity in transport (something currently lacking, e.g., Mejia-Dorantes, 2018 , Ravensbergen et al, 2020 ), academics should also strive for gender equality in their research. Second, none of our cyclists was over 65, and none of our drivers was under 25.…”

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Thinking aloud on the road: Thematic differences in the experiences of drivers, cyclists, and motorcyclists

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Stanton

2021

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviou

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This study takes a qualitative approach to exploring the experiences (and differences therein) of individuals using either their car, bicycle, or motorcycle to navigate a ∼10.5 km urban route in a provincial UK city, with the aim of contributing to our understanding of the needs and requirements of different road users. Forty-six individuals provided concurrent verbal reports, using the ‘think aloud’ method, whilst using their vehicle to navigate the test route, the transcripts of which were subjected to a theory-agnostic, inductive, thematic analysis. A number of group differences were observed, revealing (among other factors) the importance of road surface quality to cyclists, the focus on vigilant observation in motorcyclists, and the heightened emotionality experienced by both two-wheeled groups, particularly those on bicycles. This affective component has, as yet, been under-explored in the academic domain and under-utilised in road transport policy and strategy; this is discussed, with attention drawn to the cyclists’ greater tendency to make negatively valenced value judgements. Results are also discussed in terms of the potential to improve road users’ experiences, foster inter-group empathy and understanding, and encourage a shift in mobility towards more sustainable modes.

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“…However, the COVID‐19 pandemic has set it in ever‐starker terms, against a background of an increasingly optional and flexible white‐collar commute. Another set of questions that pandemic commutes bring starkly into view (and feminist transport and mobility geographers have explored for some time) is the problematic separation of the journey to work into its own, highly valued, essential or ‘non‐discretionary’ category, despite its profound entanglements with the equally essential mobilities of unpaid care (Plyushteva & Schwanen 2018 ; Ravensbergen et al, 2020 ; Sanchez de Madariaga & Zucchini 2019 ). Rethinking the relationship between the commute and essential‐ness in transport policy and research is more than a matter of terminology; it has far‐reaching implications for how travel time is valued, and thus for the ways in which transport infrastructure projects are planned and prioritised (Levin & Faith‐Ell, 2019 ).…”

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Essential workers' pandemic mobilities and the changing meanings of the commute

Plyushteva

2022

Geographical Journal

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This commentary reflects on the pandemic commute and its significance for, on one hand, engaging with the problematic category of essential work, and on the other, future geographical research on transport and mobilities. Drawing on essential workers' contributions to the 'Not working from home' public engagement project, I outline some experiences of commuting during the Covid-19 pandemic. I illustrate the role of pandemic commuting in defining, and wrestling with, what the category of essential work might mean. I then discuss the ways in which attending to pandemic commutes may extend and reshape existing research on unequal mobilities. Some of the future research directions made more urgent by a focus on pandemic commutes include critical engagements with first, intersectional inequalities in the journey to work; second, the category of 'essential journeys' as used in transport policy and practice; third, the positionality of academic researchers who work on the topic of commuting; and finally, the treatment of commuting time as an integral part of working time.Funding information: Wellcome Trust [Grant number: 204826/Z/16/Z] Data availability statement: Data available on request due to privacy/ethical restrictions 2 PANDEMIC IM/MOBILITIES In my role as a qualitative transport geographer, I have been doing research on different aspects of commuting for the last ten years. I have often felt exasperated by the view of the commute as a banal, repetitive, universally recognisable experience, the very definition ofThis article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as

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Vélomobilities of care in a low-cycling city

Cited by 27 publications

References 28 publications

Immoral and irrational cyclists? Exploring the practice of cycling on the pavement

Immoral and irrational cyclists? Exploring the practice of cycling on the pavement

Thinking aloud on the road: Thematic differences in the experiences of drivers, cyclists, and motorcyclists

Essential workers' pandemic mobilities and the changing meanings of the commute

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