Public perceptions of cycle space

comparing two citiesmethod and approach

Katja LeyendeckerPhD candidate

Northumbria UniversityNewcastle, UK

Contents

Global contextUK context

SocialisationSensitive setting

Recommended remedies X

my research

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From the academic message boards

Fiona Spotswood et al (2015) Despite significant national and local efforts over the last decade to stimulate uptake of cycling in the UK, levels of cycling (particularly utility cycling) remain at around 2% of journeys

Jan Garrard

If you want to know if an urban environment supports cycling, you can forget about all the detailed ‘bikeability indexes’—just measure the proportion of cyclists who are female

Source Scientific American 20093 / 18

Global context

Sources: graph: Garrard, J., et al. (2012). Women and cycling. City cycling. J. Pucher and R. Buehler, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

red : UK Census 2011, blue: VEP Bremen 20254 / 18

UK context

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SocialisationWomen’s lives are gendered:

• Main care-giver (still)• Escorting (school run), shopping, chores and errands• More trips• Trip-chaining• Shorter distances• Complex travel diaries• Safety / security (vs) comfort / convenience

These trips inHigh-cycling countries are cycledLow-cycling countries done by car

6 / 18Lehner-Lierz, U. (1997). The role of cycling for women. The greening of urban transport. R. Tolley, Wiley and Son.

Sensitive settingContext, context, context… global positioning

Location country / city

Location descriptive factors• Mode share and shift potentials• Policies and their enactment for social change• Powerwebs and –landscapes and social norms

Location history/past context, trajectory

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Recommended remediesPart A – contextualising the socio-ecological model

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Recommended remediesPart A – contextualising the socio-ecological model

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Recommended remediesPart B – acknowledging power, control and agency

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Recommended remediesPart B – acknowledging power, control and agency

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Recommended remediesPart C – conceptual model

12 / 18Source: Mitra, R. (2013). "Independent mobility and mode choice for school transportation: a review and framework for future research." Transport reviews 33(1): 21-43.

My research

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Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

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Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

My researchPhase 1 Quantify

Newcastle + Gateshead Bremen___________________________________________________________________Population 490,000 550,000Density person/km 2,000 1,700

Source: Wikipedia15 / 18

My researchPhase 1 Quantify

Source: Philippe Crist (2013). Love Cycling Go Dutch Conference, Newcastle

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Reading material1. Aldred, R., et al. (2015). "Does More Cycling Mean More Diversity in Cycling?" Transport reviews: 1-

17.2. Aldred, R. (2015). "Adults’ attitudes towards child cycling: a study of the impact of infrastructure."

European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research 15(2): 92 - 115.3. Eyer, A. and A. Ferreira (2015). "Taking the tyke on a bike: mother's; and childless women's space-

time geographies in Amsterdam compared." Environment and Planning A 47(3): 691-708.4. Garrard, J., et al. (2012). Women and cycling. City cycling. J. Pucher and R. Buehler, Massachusetts

Institute of Technology (MIT). 5. Goodman, A. (2013). "Walking, cycling and driving to work in the English and Welsh 2011 census:

trends, socio-economic patterning and relevance to travel behaviour in general." PLoS ONE 8(8): e71790.

6. Jarvis, H. and S. Alvanides (2008). "School choice from a household resource perspective: Preliminary findings from a north of England case study." Community, Work & Family 11(4): 385-403.

7. Hillman, M., et al. (1990). One false move: a study of children's independent mobility. London, PSI.8. Mitra, R. (2013). "Independent mobility and mode choice for school transportation: a review and

framework for future research." Transport reviews 33(1): 21-43.9. Shaw, B., et al. (2012). Children’s independent mobility: a comparative study in England and

Germany (1971 2010). ‐ London: Policy Studies Institute.10. Spotswood, F., et al. (2015). "Analysing cycling as a social practice: An empirical grounding for

behaviour change." Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour 29: 22-33.17 / 18

Thanks for listening

Email katja.leyendecker@northumbria.ac.uk

Blog https://katsdekker.wordpress.com/

Twitter@katsdekker

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