Active Travel Academy » Wednesday 28th July

Today’s theme is ‘Active Travel Equity’, and includes contributions from the Active Travel Academy Equity Fellows who introduce their projects below.

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Accessible Cycling – Rachel Aldred and Harrie Larrington-Spencer

Further reading & resources

Websites and Organisations

Biking Public Project – “Aims to expand advocacy for underrepresented NYC bicyclists including women, people of color & working cyclists”

Black Unity Bike Ride – “A series of activations that encourages holistic wellness amongst the Black community.”

JoyRiders – “Empowering women by introducing them to the joys of cycling.”

Transport for All – “A pan-impairment organisation, guided by the passionate belief that all disabled and older people have the right to travel with freedom and independence.”

Women of Colour Cycling Collective – “We are a support network for minority ethnic women and non-binary cyclists in the UK”

Academic and Grey Literature

Aldred, R., E. Verlinghieri, M. Sharkey, I. Itova, and A. Goodman (2020) “Equity in New Active Travel Infrastructure: A Spatial Analysis of London’s New Low Traffic Neighbourhoods.” https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/q87fu/.

Andrews, N.; Clement, I. and Aldred, R. (2018). Invisible Cyclists? Disabled people and cycle planning – A case study of London. Journal of Transport and Health, 8, 146–156. Also available open access: https://westminsterresearch.westminster.ac.uk/item/q3q5v/invisible-cyclists-disabled-people-and-cycle-planning-a-case-study-of-london

Biehl, A., Chen. Y., Sanabria-Véaz, K., Uttald, D. and Stathopoulos, A. (2019) Where does active travel fit within local community narratives of mobility space and place? Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 123, pp.269-287, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965856417315264

Brown, C.T., Blickstein, S., Yang, S., Jain, A. and Sinclair, J. (2021) Where Do We Go From Here? Breaking Down Barriers to Bicycling in the U.S. A report for People For Bikes. https://www.peopleforbikes.org/reports/where-do-we-go-from-here-breaking-down-barriers-to

Fairwork (2021), Fairwork UK Ratings 2021: Labour Standards in the Gig Economy, https://fair.work/wp-content/uploads/sites/60/2021/05/Fairwork-UK-Report-2021.pdf

Farina, L., Boussauw, K., and Plyushteva, A. (2021) Moving safely at night? Women’s nocturnal mobilities in Recife, Brazil and Brussels, Belgium, Gender, Place and Culture, in press, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0966369X.2021.1937064

Goodman, A., Panter, J., Sharp, S.J. and Ogilvie, D. (2013) Effectiveness and equity impacts of town-wide cycling initiatives in England: A longitudinal, controlled natural experimental study,
Social Science & Medicine, 97, pp. 228-237, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953613004826

Inckle, Kay (2019), Disabled Cyclists and the Deficit Model of Disability, Disability Studies Quarterly, 39(4), https://dsq-sds.org/article/view/6513

Lam, Tiffany (2021), Towards Gender-Inclusive and Sustainable Transport Systems, https://wbg.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Gender-inclusive-transport-systems-V3.pdf

Lubitow, A., Narratives of marginalized cyclists : understanding obstacles to utilitarian cycling among women and minorities in Portland, OR : final report, https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/32299

Lucas, K. (2012) Transport and social exclusion: Where are we now? Transport Policy 20, pages 105-113, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967070X12000145. Also available Open Access from ResearchGate.net.

Steinbach, R., Green, J., Datta, J., and Edwards, P., 2011. Cycling and the city: A case study of how gendered, ethnic and class identities can shape healthy transport choices. Social Science & Medicine, 72 (7), 1123–1130, https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277953611000785. Also available Open Access from lshtm.ac.uk.

Sustainable Development Commission (2010), Fairness in a Car Dependent Society, http://www.sd-commission.org.uk/publications.php?id=1184

Sustrans. (2018) Bike Life: Inclusive city cycling: Women: reducing the gender gap. Available at: https://www.sustrans.org.uk/media/2930/2930.pdf

Warren, S. (2021) Pluralising (im)mobilities: anti-Muslim acts and the epistemic politics of mobile methods, Mobilities (in press), https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17450101.2021.1922068

Listen to the ATA Podcast

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Dr. Harrie Larrington-Spencer, Research Fellow at the Active Travel Academy, interviews Professor Aimi Hamraie, who directs the Critical Design Lab, and whose research focuses on disability, accessibility, and urban design. Show notes and transcript link available at https://blog.westminster.ac.uk/ata/accessibility-and-urban-design-ata-podcast-20241/. Show notes by Professor Rachel Aldred and podcast editing by Chris Gregory of Alternative Stories. Hosted on […]
Queering Cartographic Methods July 6, 2023
Rachel Aldred, Professor of Transport and Director of the Active Travel Academy, interviews Ellis Fannin, a PhD researcher at the University of Manchester, about their research on queering cartographic methods. Show notes and transcript link available at https://blog.westminster.ac.uk/ata/queering-cartographic-methods/. Thanks to Ellis and to our ATA interns, Rob Coates (who prepared and edited the audio files) […]
Barriers to Black men cycling in London June 1, 2023
Dulce Pedroso, PhD researcher at the Active Travel Academy, interviews Akwesi Osei of Possible about his research into barriers to Black men cycling in London. Show notes and transcript link available at https://blog.westminster.ac.uk/ata/barriers-to-black-men-cycling-in-london-ata-podcast-3/. Thanks to Akwesi and Dulce and to our ATA interns, Rob Coates (who prepared and edited the audio files) and James Stevenson […]
Planning for Trans Futures May 2, 2023
Professor Rachel Aldred, Director of the Active Travel Academy, interviews Matt C. Smith of Brighton University about their research into trans in planning, and trans experiences in the city. Show notes and transcript link available at https://blog.westminster.ac.uk/ata/planning-for-trans-futures-ata-podcast-20232/ Thanks to Matt and to our interns, Rob Coates (who prepared and edited the audio files), James Stevenson […]
Neurodiversity in the City April 4, 2023
Professor Rachel Aldred, Director of the Active Travel Academy, interviews Dr. Therese Kenna of University College Cork about her research into experiences of neurodivergence in the city. Show notes and transcript link available at https://blog.westminster.ac.uk/ata/new-ata-podcast-season/ Thanks to Therese and to our interns, Rob Coates (who prepared and edited the audio files) and James Stevenson (who […]
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