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Precarious entitlement to public space & utility cycling in Dublin

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  • Robert Egan
  • Mark Philbin

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Diverse social science research investigating the experience of cycling mobilities in relation to driving mobilities strongly indicates that matters of spatial entitlement are a central theme in the confluence (and conflict) of these mobilities, particularly in car-dominated contexts. However, while the experience of this meeting of mobilities from a cyclist point of view has been well addressed in an empirical and evocative manner, there appears to be a relative lack of available empirically grounded theory to make sense of such scenarios. Drawing on grounded theory research and interviews with utility cyclists in Dublin, we present the phenomenon of ‘precarious entitlement’ to public space that cyclists in Dublin must negotiate and its associated properties: insecure space, spatial disregard and police neglect. Precarious entitlement as a category provides a theoretical account of cycling experience in Dublin that consolidates a concern with right and risk as a mobile subject travelling in and through public space. Furthermore, this category indicates a unique structural vulnerability and problem of ‘misrecognition’ that utility cyclists in Dublin – and potentially beyond – may encounter and contend with.

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  • Robert Egan & Mark Philbin, 2021. "Precarious entitlement to public space & utility cycling in Dublin," Mobilities, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 16(4), pages 509-523, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rmobxx:v:16:y:2021:i:4:p:509-523
    DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2021.1913067
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    1. Anne Aguilera & Laetitia Dablanc & Alain Rallet, 2022. "Digital work and urban delivery: Profile, activity and mobility practices of on-demand food delivery couriers in Paris (France)," Post-Print hal-03946497, HAL.
    2. Cubells, Jerònia & Miralles-Guasch, Carme & Marquet, Oriol, 2023. "Gendered travel behaviour in micromobility? Travel speed and route choice through the lens of intersecting identities," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 106(C).
    3. Popan, Cosmin & Anaya-Boig, Esther, 2021. "The intersectional precarity of platform cycle delivery workers," SocArXiv tk6v8, Center for Open Science.

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