{"id":758,"date":"2021-07-27T06:46:45","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T06:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/ata\/?page_id=758"},"modified":"2021-07-27T06:46:45","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T06:46:45","slug":"tuesday-27th-july-active-travel-policies-and-perceptions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/ata\/tuesday-27th-july-active-travel-policies-and-perceptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday 27th July &#8211; Active Travel Policies and Perceptions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s theme is &#8216;Active Travel Policies and Perceptions&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the content at anytime today and return to watch it again in future.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Presentations<\/h4>\n<div class=\"rve-embed-responsive rve-embed-responsive-16by9\"><iframe title=\"John Whitelegg\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/572487660?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/572487660\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Mind the gap: exploring the growing gulf between high quality evidence in support of active travel and the paucity of implementation by local authorities<\/span><\/a> &#8211;\u00a0<em><span lang=\"EN-US\">John Whitelegg<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"rve-embed-responsive rve-embed-responsive-16by9\"><iframe title=\"Miguel Loyola Borja\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/572487883?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/572487883\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Understanding why the adoption of sustainable mobility practices is different between urban areas<\/span><\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<em>Miguel Loyola, John Nelson, David Levinson, Geoffrey Clifton<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"rve-embed-responsive rve-embed-responsive-16by9\"><iframe title=\"Maria Attard\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/572488114?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/572488114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A reality check on active travel. Assessing the difference between sustainable mobility policy and practice in Malta<\/a> &#8211; <em>Maria<\/em>\u00a0<em>Attard, Suzanne\u00a0Maas, Carlos\u00a0Ca\u00f1as<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"rve-embed-responsive rve-embed-responsive-16by9\"><iframe title=\"Janet Van Der Meulen\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/572488251?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/572488251\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Deconstructing accessibility \u2013 discursive barriers for increased cycling in Sweden<\/span><\/a> &#8211;\u00a0<em><span lang=\"EN-US\">Janet van der Meulen, Dalia Mukhtar-Landgren<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"rve-embed-responsive rve-embed-responsive-16by9\"><iframe title=\"M. Cristina Caimotto\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/572487456?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/572487456\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Reframing Cycling<\/span><\/a> &#8211; <em>M. Cristina Caimotto<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Quickviews<\/h4>\n<p>The Active Travel Media Awards celebrate excellent media coverage of cycling and walking. But what makes such coverage excellent, and why is it important? \u00a0This showcase collects together a selection of key ideas and views from shortlistees and others related to the 2020 awards. Links to the nominated articles referred to are available below the showcase.<\/p>\n<p>Nominations for the 2021 awards will open in September 2021.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rve-embed-responsive rve-embed-responsive-16by9\"><iframe title=\"Active Travel Media Awards Quickviews\" src=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/showcase\/8672489\/embed\" width=500 height=281 allowfullscreen frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/showcase\/8672489\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Active Travel in the Media<\/a>\u00a0(video showcase)<\/p>\n<p>Individual videos, along with the related articles that were shortlisted for the 2020 awards:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/576717301\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcia Veiga<\/a> on the importance of stories in drawing people to active travel.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blackballad.co.uk\/views-voices\/black-women-cycling-uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcia&#8217;s orignal article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/576717921\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Bocking<\/a> on representing research in local media.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk\/lifestyle\/outdoors\/sheffield-expert-hails-benefits-just-going-walk-2524409\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David&#8217;s original article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/579326614\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charles Critchell<\/a> on\u00a0why communicating research to people through extended journalistic formats is important.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/farecity.org\/2020\/01\/10\/sharing-the-load-part-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charles&#8217;s original article part 1<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/farecity.org\/2020\/01\/17\/sharing-the-load-part-two\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">part 2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/576717072\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarah Berry<\/a> on narrating new experiences of active travel.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@SarahJ_Berry\/taking-up-space-diary-of-a-new-cyclist-pt-2-c74a938001a7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarah&#8217;s original article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/576716883\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Wall<\/a> on how journalists should try and cover disputed topics in active travel coverage.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amp.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/sep\/20\/the-new-road-rage-bitter-rows-break-out-over-uks-low-traffic-neighbourhoods\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom&#8217;s original article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/576717582\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emma Latham Phillips<\/a> on unequal access to green spaces, and representing the voices of others.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tribunemag.co.uk\/2020\/09\/green-spaces-for-all?fbclid=IwAR0V5vqkZeBIerja0X895_SDI85htRDu7oYIbkN77s0Vx-34Ol-clbt_YLA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emma&#8217;s original article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/576717419\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lucy Marstrand-Taussig<\/a> on children&#8217;s school travel in the time of Covid.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transportxtra.com\/publications\/local-transport-today\/features\/66655\/strategic-planning-must-focus-more-on-secondary-school-trips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lucy&#8217;s original article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/576718425\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clyde Loakes<\/a> on how Waltham Forest went from a local to national story.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Further reading &amp; resources<\/h4>\n<h5>Websites and Organisations<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/farecity.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FareCity<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;A\u00a0think tank and social enterprise dedicated to the co-creation of fairer cities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.forumviesmobiles.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mobile Lives Forum<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;A mobility research institute\u00a0that is preparing the transition to more desirable and sustainable lifestyles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wearepossible.org\/travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Possible (Travel area)<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;At Possible, we want to see a zero carbon society, built by and for the people of the UK, and we want to see this fast.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/southshropshireclimateaction.org\/transport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shropshire Climate Action (Transport Theme)<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;The many ways that people can retain the independence of easy transport in ways that are regenerative and keep us within the necessarily tight carbon budgets that will keep us safe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h5>Academic and Grey Literature<\/h5>\n<p>Aldred, R. (2012) Governing transport from welfare state to hollow state: The case of cycling in the UK, Journal of Transport Policy 23(2) pp. 95-102,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.tranpol.2012.05.012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.tranpol.2012.05.012<\/a>. Also available <a href=\"http:\/\/rachelaldred.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Aldred-Cycling-governance-revised-final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Access from rachelaldred.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Attard, M., 2020. Mobility justice in urban transport &#8211; the case of Malta. <i>Transportation Research Procedia,<\/i>\u00a045, 352\u2013359, <a href=\"https:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S2352146520301885\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S2352146520301885<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Caimotto, M. C., 2020. <i>Discourses of Cycling, Road Users and Sustainability<\/i> [online]. Cham: Springer International Publishing, <a href=\"http:\/\/link.springer.com\/10.1007\/978-3-030-44026-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/link.springer.com\/10.1007\/978-3-030-44026-8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cohen, T., 2020. Tools for addressing transport inequality: A novel variant of accessibility measurement. <i>Journal of Transport Geography<\/i> [online], 88, 102863. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jtrangeo.2020.102863\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S0966692320309406<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Loyola, M., Nelson, J., Clifton, G., and Levinson., D., 2021. <i>Narratives in Transport Research,\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0Sydney. Available <a href=\"https:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/2123\/25036\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Access from the University of Sydney<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Van Der Meulen, J. and Mukhtar-Landgren, D., 2021. Deconstructing accessibility \u2013 discursive barriers for increased cycling in Sweden. <i>Mobilities,<\/i>, 1\u201316,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/17450101.2021.1902240\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/17450101.2021.1902240<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Whitelegg, J. and Haq, G., 2017. The Global Transport Problem: Same Issues but a Different Place. <i>In<\/i>: <i>The Earthscan Reader on World Transport Policy and Practice,<\/i>\u00a0Routledge, 34\u201357, Available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Gary-Haq\/publication\/265119456_The_Global_Transport_Problem_Same_Issues_but_a_Different_Place\/links\/546d3b520cf26e95bc3caf9d\/The-Global-Transport-Problem-Same-Issues-but-a-Different-Place.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Access from ResearcGate.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Winters, M., Buehler, R., and G\u00f6tschi, T., 2017. Policies to Promote Active Travel: Evidence from Reviews of the Literature. <i>Current Environmental Health Reports<\/i> [online], 4 (3), 278\u2013285. <a href=\"http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s40572-017-0148-x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s40572-017-0148-x<\/a>. Also available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Ralph-Buehler\/publication\/318378832_Policies_to_Promote_Active_Travel_Evidence_from_Reviews_of_the_Literature\/links\/5a4bc9ef458515a6bc6bed76\/Policies-to-Promote-Active-Travel-Evidence-from-Reviews-of-the-Literature.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Access from ResearchGate.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s theme is &#8216;Active Travel Policies and Perceptions&#8217;. You can watch the content at anytime today and return to watch it again in future. 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