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Automobility reconfigured? Ironic seductions and mundane freedoms in 16–21 year olds’ accounts of car driving and ownership

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  • Judith Green
  • Rebecca Steinbach
  • Emma Garnett
  • Nicola Christie
  • Lindsay Prior

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In the light of the ‘peak-car’ thesis, this paper explores the driving-related desires and practices of adults aged 16–21 and their parents from the UK. Tropes of freedom and independence were commonly evoked; but were pragmatically framed by concerns of finance, utility and risk. Car ownership was prized only for instrumental reasons, and as one tool in a mixed, collective transport network: it had been decoupled from automobility. Environmental sustainability was notably absent from discussions. It may be too early to herald the end of automobility but, for these participants, its seductions have been rendered ironic, rather than aspirational.

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  • Judith Green & Rebecca Steinbach & Emma Garnett & Nicola Christie & Lindsay Prior, 2018. "Automobility reconfigured? Ironic seductions and mundane freedoms in 16–21 year olds’ accounts of car driving and ownership," Mobilities, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 13(1), pages 14-28, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rmobxx:v:13:y:2018:i:1:p:14-28
    DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2017.1331017
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    1. Gary J. Pickering & Kaylee Schoen & Marta Botta, 2021. "Lifestyle decisions and climate mitigation: current action and behavioural intent of youth," Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Springer, vol. 26(6), pages 1-27, August.

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