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Bicycle Parking and Locking: Ethnography of Designs and Practices

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Cars, trains, and bicycles are designed to be on the move. Mobilities studies have theorized and analyzed these modes of transport as powerful entities slicing through, and speeding-up, cities. Yet they also stand still, being parked and locked, immobilized and secured, until their next trip. This article contributes with new insights into parking and locking - ‘moorings’ - to cycling literature. It presents an ethnography of ‘design moorings’ and practices associated with parking and locking bikes. The main case study is the very pro-cycling city of Copenhagen. Yet to explore what is unique about Copenhagen, I had to travel to Amsterdam and New York City. This multi-sited approach opens up now surprises, and challenges distinctions between ‘supportive’ and ‘lower cycling cities’ by showing that parking infrastructures are widely perceived as poor in the pro-cycling Copenhagen.

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  • Jonas Larsen, 2017. "Bicycle Parking and Locking: Ethnography of Designs and Practices," Mobilities, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(1), pages 53-75, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rmobxx:v:12:y:2017:i:1:p:53-75
    DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2014.993534
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    1. Ragnhild Dahl Wikstrøm & Lars Böcker, 2020. "Changing Suburban Daily Mobilities in Response to a Mobility Intervention: A Qualitative Investigation of an E-bike Trial," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(6), pages 1-19, March.
    2. Selzer, Sina, 2021. "Car-reduced neighborhoods as blueprints for the transition toward an environmentally friendly urban transport system? A comparison of narratives and mobility-related practices in two case studies," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 96(C).
    3. Yuhei Ito & Malcolm Morgan & Robin Lovelace, 2023. "Where to invest in cycle parking: A portfolio management approach to spatial transport planning," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 50(6), pages 1438-1454, July.
    4. Cannon, Russell & Zhao, Chunli & Winslott Hiselius, Lena, 2024. "Barriers to better bicycle parking for promoting intermodal journeys: An inter-organisational collaboration perspective," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 145(C), pages 65-73.
    5. Ulrika Gunnarsson-Östling, 2021. "Housing Design and Mobility Convenience—The Case of Sweden," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(2), pages 1-19, January.

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