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Regulating Inclusion: Spatial Form, Social Process, and the Normalization of Cycling Practice in the USA

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In recent years, bicycle infrastructure has been emerged as a valued part of urban development policy in many American cities, and a process that depends on the normalization of cycling practice in three respects. First, the various 'less confrontational' mutations of Critical Mass have redefined the politics of cycling in cultural and consumerist terms. Second, this 'bike culture' is mediated through Internet networks that generate concepts of proper cycling practice. Third, both spatial models and standards of 'correct' ridership circulate through these networks, linking 'bike culture' to institutional networks of implementation. While positive from the standpoint of increased ridership, this may reinscribe the exclusions that are constitutive of the contemporary American city and may limit cycling's egalitarian potential.

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  • John Stehlin, 2014. "Regulating Inclusion: Spatial Form, Social Process, and the Normalization of Cycling Practice in the USA," Mobilities, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 9(1), pages 21-41, February.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:rmobxx:v:9:y:2014:i:1:p:21-41
    DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2013.784527
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    1. Kwiatkowski Michał Adam, 2024. "Bicycle critical mass events 30 years on – are they an urban mobility movement or a bicycle festival?," Environmental & Socio-economic Studies, Sciendo, vol. 12(2), pages 28-39.
    2. Osborne, Natalie & Grant-Smith, Deanna, 2017. "Constructing the cycling citizen: A critical analysis of policy imagery in Brisbane, Australia," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 64(C), pages 44-53.
    3. Kevin T Smiley & Wanda Rushing & Michele Scott, 2016. "Behind a bicycling boom: Governance, cultural change and place character in Memphis, Tennessee," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 53(1), pages 193-209, January.
    4. Colin Ferster & Trisalyn Nelson & Kevin Manaugh & Jeneva Beairsto & Karen Laberee & Meghan Winters, 2023. "Developing a national dataset of bicycle infrastructure for Canada using open data sources," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 50(9), pages 2543-2559, November.
    5. Koglin, Till & Mukhtar-Landgren, Dalia, 2021. "Contested values in bike-sharing mobilities – A case study from Sweden," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 92(C).

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