Carlessness in a car‐centric world: A reconstructive approach to qualitative mobility biographies research

Sattlegger, Lukas; Rau, Henrike

doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2016.04.003

Cited by 68 publications

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“…From a methodological perspective, this approach urges us to go beyond the purview of quantitative studies and engage with the narrative-interpretative inquiries into the meaning and complexity of mobility biographies. This typology of engagement in the transport sector, even in the developed economies with a relatively matured transport research arena, remains scarce [35].…”

Section: Mobility Biographies Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Addressing the Linkages between Gender and Transport in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Uteng

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2019

Sustainability

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The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) specifies gender equality and sustainable development as their two central priorities. An area of critical importance for sustainable and gender-fair development is mobility and transport, which has so far been neglected and downplayed in research and policy making both at the national and global levels. Rooted in the history of the topic and the emerging ideas on smart, green and integrated transport, this paper presents a literature review of on gender and transport in the low- and middle-income countries. The paper presents a host of cross-cutting topics with a concentrated focus on spatial and transport planning. The paper further identifies existing research gaps and comments on the new conceptualizations on smart cities and smart mobilities in the Global South. Due attention is paid to intersections and synergies that can be created between different development sectors, emerging transport modes, data and modeling exercises, gender equality and sustainability.

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Section: Mobility Biographies Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Addressing the Linkages between Gender and Transport in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Uteng

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2019

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“…Preliminary framework of factors influencing mode choice when travelling with young children. (Pooley et al, 2014); 12 (Rubin et al, 2014); 13 (Dowling, 2015); 14 (Thomas, 2016); 15 (Dowling, 2000); 16 (Sattlegger & Rau, 2016); 17 (Price & Matthews, 2013); 18 (Lanzendorf, 2010); 19 (Currie, Gray, Shepherd, & McInnes, 2016); 20 (Bean, Kearns, & Collins, 2008); 21 (McDonald, 2006); 22 (Wheatley, 2014); 23 (McQuaid & Chen, 2012); 24 (Scheiner, 2014); 25 (Rothman et al, 2016); 26 (Birken et al, 2015); 27 (Taubman-Ben-Ari & Noy, 2011); 28 (Zwerts, Janssens, & Wets, 2008). Symbols: −, negative impact on mode; +, positive impact on mode; −/+, neutral impact on mode; ?, unknown.…”

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“…While structural constraints influence parental mode choice, psychosocial factors also play an influential role (Andrews et al, 2014;Mattioli, Anable, & Vrotsou, 2016;Sattlegger & Rau, 2016). Sattlegger and Rau (2016), in a study examining the motivations of carless households in Europe, show that the parents of young children who choose to be carless in car dominant settings felt social norms associated with parental car use meant their decision was viewed negatively by their peers (Sattlegger & Rau, 2016).…”

Section: Psychosocial Factorsmentioning

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Factors influencing travel mode choice among families with young children (aged 0–4): a review of the literature

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Life events, such as the birth of a child, disrupt habitual travel behaviour and provide a valuable opportunity to influence the adoption of sustainable transport practices. However, in order for sustainable travel practices to be adopted, an understanding is required of the factors that influence travel mode choice among families with young children. Research in this field is particularly timely given many in the millennial generation, a comparably large cohort, are approaching this life stage. This comprehensive literature review develops a framework of factors influencing travel mode choice among families with young children. The findings reveal a multitude of factors influence decisions about mode choice, and, in particular, encourage travel by car, when travelling with young children. The paper concludes with an agenda for future research about travel among families with young children, a largely overlooked group of transport users.

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“…They tend to be interested in the longitudinal, dynamic, drawn-out process of life and its changes, rather than the impacts caused by, and the relationships between, life events in discrete categories. Sattlegger and Rau [73] distinguish between 'first wave' studies, which take a 'linear-realist' conception of life and focus on how singular events lead to behavioral changes that people can access from memory [74][75][76]; and 'second wave' studies, which use more narrative-inductive approaches and acknowledge that 'mobility practices and their complex and interrelated changes over lifetime'. Some outright reject the idea that these categories or domains in life are hierarchically related to each other [8], implying that general values and imaginaries of the good life-expressions of top-level 'life-style' aspirations-need not always change for mobility decisions to be altered.…”

Section: The Mobility Biography Literaturementioning

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Car Use: Intentional, Habitual, or Both? Insights from Anscombe and the Mobility Biography Literature

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Policy-makers have recognized that changing travel behavior is important. People, however, do not change their behavior so readily, particularly the use of the car. A central concept that has been invoked to account for this has been the concept of habit. However, various studies also present people as having concrete reasons for driving: Their choices are intentional. This interdisciplinary study attempts to reconcile these two understandings of travel behavior by drawing on insights from the philosopher Anscombe and a growing body of travel research termed the mobility biography literature. It applies some of Anscombe's insights from Intention to the act of driving. With regard to the mobility biography literature, it draws out conceptual implications both from theoretical and empirical aspects: In particular, the characterization of travel decisions as nested in a hierarchy of life decisions and the association of life events with changes in travel decisions. It concludes that a broader conceptualization of human behavior leads to a broader view as to what policy-makers can do. It reminds us that transport is 'special', that transport and policy are inextricable, and that the importance of infrastructure provision should not be ignored.

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Carlessness in a car‐centric world: A reconstructive approach to qualitative mobility biographies research

Cited by 68 publications

References 19 publications

Addressing the Linkages between Gender and Transport in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Addressing the Linkages between Gender and Transport in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Factors influencing travel mode choice among families with young children (aged 0–4): a review of the literature

Car Use: Intentional, Habitual, or Both? Insights from Anscombe and the Mobility Biography Literature

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