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Moving around the City: Discourses on Walking and Cycling in English Urban Areas

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  • Tim Jones

    (Faculty of Technology Design and Environment, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP, England)

  • Colin G Pooley
  • Griet Scheldeman
  • Dave Horton
  • Miles Tight
  • Caroline Mullen
  • Ann Jopson
  • Anthony Whiteing

Abstract

There remains only limited understanding of perceptions of travel behaviour in relation to short journeys in urban areas and, in particular, the perceived role that walking and cycling for personal travel can realistically play in contemporary society. This paper reveals discourses surrounding the practice, performance, identity, conflicts, and visions relating to walking and cycling in English cities. These were derived from a large-scale study that utilised a comprehensive mixed-method approach using both quantitative and qualitative methods. Q methodology was used as an additional tool to investigate subjectivities on walking and cycling in the city in a structured, interpretable format and it is this approach that is the focus of this paper. The paper concludes with a discussion on the implications of these discourses for policy makers interested in encouraging a shift from car use to walking and cycling for short journeys in urban areas.

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  • Tim Jones & Colin G Pooley & Griet Scheldeman & Dave Horton & Miles Tight & Caroline Mullen & Ann Jopson & Anthony Whiteing, 2012. "Moving around the City: Discourses on Walking and Cycling in English Urban Areas," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 44(6), pages 1407-1424, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:44:y:2012:i:6:p:1407-1424
    DOI: 10.1068/a44387
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