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Moving beyond cycling in support of economic growth: using a capabilities approach to identify infrastructure design principles

In: A Research Agenda for Transport Equity and Mobility Justice

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  • Justin Spinney

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Over the past 20 years, urban cycling has experienced a particular renaissance in many cities, touted by policy makers and academics alike as a key mechanism through which multiple (economically patterned) matters of concern - congested cities, local and global air pollutants, and obesity and ill health - can be addressed. However, I argue that there is a real danger that under its current narrow economistic framings, only the personal and social qualities of cycling that contribute to achieving such goals are valued. In this chapter, I offer alternative ways of valuing cycling, using a capabilities approach to identify how infrastructure should be designed differently to promote truly sustainable urban mobility.

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  • Justin Spinney, 2024. "Moving beyond cycling in support of economic growth: using a capabilities approach to identify infrastructure design principles," Chapters, in: Julie Cidell (ed.), A Research Agenda for Transport Equity and Mobility Justice, chapter 4, pages 55-70, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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