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Neither do menor: how we can talk inclusively about women & cycling
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Cycling Embassy of Great BritainKatja Leyendecker EurIng CEng
Researcher at Northumbria University
Prepared for presentation at APPCG 29 November 2016
Gendered travel characteristicsCensus - commute only
Escort
educationSh
opping Resp
onsibilit
y
short tripstrip-chainingcomplex travel diaries
National Travel Survey
Gendered travel characteristics
Key messages >>
Women commute more sustainably
Through socialisation, women’s trips are tougher
These trips are cycled by choice in
AmsterdamCopenhagen… cycle citiesWhere cycling infrastructure offers the necessary
comfortconvenience(safety and security) Photo: Mark Treasure, CEoGB
Photo: Marc van Woudenberg @amsterdamize
Gendered cycling?
Fictitious metropolitan town
500,000 inhabitants
Now Future
Number of people not cycling under current condition:
Gendered cycling?
Key messages >>
Looking at totals, gender is not the issue
We need actions chiming with a wider constituent
No city in Europe or North America has achieved high level of cycling without an extensive network of well-integrated bike lanes and paths that provide separation from motor vehicle traffic. […] Separate cycling facilities are a crucial first step towards increasing cycling and making it socially inclusive. Pucher & Buehler (2012:351)
It is clear from our research that most non-cyclists and recreational cyclists will only consider cycling regularly if they are segregated from [motor vehicle] traffic Pooley et al (2013:176)
Mon
sere
et a
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Aldr
ed (2
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Interested but concerned
Interested but concerned
Key messages >>
Define the group of ‘interested but concerned’
Service their needs
What’s needed?
1. Develop a fully inclusive message >>> embracing and sympathetic to
gendered/socialised needs, and age, ability
2. Inclusive and consistent designs >>> national cycle infrastructure design standards
to ensure high quality, IAN 195/16 is a start
3. National budget for building cycleways
Reading materialAldred, 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.
Eyer, A., & Ferreira, A. (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. doi: 10.1068/a140373p
Monsere, C., Dill, J., McNeil, N., Clifton, K., Foster, N., Goddard, T., . . . Parks, J. (2014). NITC-RR-583 Protected Lanes - lessons from the green lanes : evaluating protected bike lanes in the US.
Pooley, C. G., Jones, T., Tight, M., Horton, D., Scheldeman, G., Mullen, C., . . . Strano, E. (2013). Promoting Walking and Cycling : New Perspectives on Sustainable Travel. Bristol: Policy Press.
Pucher, J. R., & Buehler, R. (2012). City cycling: MIT Press.
Thanks for listening
ContactsCycling Embassy of Great Britainhttp://cycling-embassy.org.uk/@GBCycleEmbassy
[email protected]://katsdekker.wordpress.com/@katsdekker