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Healthy & Sustainable Transport Systems:A Social Justice Agenda
Photo of Betty by Kat Jungnickel
Rachel Aldred
rachelaldred.org
@RachelAldred
Healthy & Sustainable Transport Systems:A Social Justice Agenda
– What do we mean by healthy and sustainable transport systems?
– Social justice and transport
– Gender equity and cycling
– Conclusions
UK CO2 emissions, 2007
Source: ITF 2010, http://www.internationaltransportforum.org/Pub/pdf/10GHGTrends.pdf
In 1950, 2 million private cars were licensed in Britain - 1 for every 20 peopleBy 1970 it was nearly 10 million - 1 for every 5 peopleBy 2002 it was almost 25 million - almost for 1 for every 2 people
There is no technological fix, and even if there were…
Vicious circle of car-centred policy & development:- degraded environments, run down and unsafe alternatives, fear, exclusion, and a further flight to the ‘safety’ of the car- major impacts for chronic disease- proving very difficult to reverse in the UK at least
Gender-Equitable Road Environments?
– [O]ne of my best friends, she’s just started cycling two
weeks ago […] I’m trying to make her assertive. […] I’m not
saying we all have to go around being aggressive […] but I
think it’s more dangerous to be timid in the city. (M)
– [It’s] just having the sort of the guts to say, “Okay, I’m a user
of the road and I’m not afraid of you. You can do all those
things but I’m where I want to be. You’re threatening me so
I’m going to be in the middle of the road because that’s
where I feel safe”. (F)
(Source: Cycling Cultures Research Project, 2010-11)
Source: adapted from TfL 2013, available athttps://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/143729/response/398827/attach/3/Final%20report%20CRC.pdf
Route preferences: London cyclists (male & female)