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Public perceptions of cycle space comparing two cities method and approach Katja Leyendecker PhD candidate Northumbria University Newcastle, UK Contents Global context UK context Socialisation Sensitive setting Recommended remedies X my
Katja Leyendecker PhD candidate Northumbria University Newcastle, UK
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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%
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 2009
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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 2025 4 / 18
Source: Census 2011 5 / 18
Women’s lives are gendered:
These trips in High-cycling countries are cycled Low-cycling countries done by car
6 / 18 Lehner-Lierz, U. (1997). The role of cycling for women. The greening of urban transport. R. Tolley, Wiley and Son.
Context, context, context… global positioning
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Part A – contextualising the socio-ecological model
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Part A – contextualising the socio-ecological model
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Part B – acknowledging power, control and agency
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Part B – acknowledging power, control and agency
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Part C – conceptual model
12 / 18 Source: Mitra, R. (2013). "Independent mobility and mode choice for school transportation: a review and framework for future research." Transport reviews 33(1): 21-43.
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Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3
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Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3
Newcastle + Gateshead Bremen ___________________________________________________________________ Population 490,000 550,000 Density person/km 2,000 1,700
Source: Wikipedia 15 / 18
Source: Philippe Crist (2013). Love Cycling Go Dutch Conference, Newcastle 16 / 18
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katja.leyendecker@northumbria.ac.uk
https://katsdekker.wordpress.com/
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