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Presented by Robert Egan School of Nursing and Human Sciences, Dublin City University, Ireland. 7 th September 2018, Cycling & Society Symposium, Bristol. } Cyclists disproportionately at risk of road traffic injury or fatality compared to
} Cyclists disproportionately at risk of road traffic injury or fatality
} Record low in overall national road fatalities 2017 } Decreased motorist, pedestrian and motorcyclist fatalities } 50% increase in cyclist fatalities (Road Safety Authority 2018)
} Grounded Theory } Initial curiosity & openness } 28 qualitative interviews with utility cyclists in Dublin } Core category conceptualised
} The road is experienced as a site of precarious entitlement
} Cyclists entitled to space as a road user in theory, yet, in practice,
} Acts of provocation take place across road spaces– the sites of
} Modes of Provoking Responsibility
} Negotiation & Citizenship in Public Space
} Politics of Space
} Conditions of & resistance to Hegemonic Automobility
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} Road Safety Authority, 2018. Provisional Review of Fatal Collisions: January to
December 31st 2017 [Online]. Available from: http://www.rsa.ie/Documents/Fatal%20Collision%20Stats/Provisional_Reviews_
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