Cycling in the City? Belgian Cyclists Conquering Urban Spaces, 1860–1900

Knuts, Stijn; Delheye, Pascal

doi:10.1080/09523367.2012.696346

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“…At a microscopic level, ideological and moral hierarchies also exist among various forms of urban mobilities. Regulated mobilities include, among others, those of shipping containers (Cidell, 2012), young drivers (Lumsden, 2013), street vendors (Meneses-Reyes, 2013) and new means of urban transport (Knuts and Delheye, 2012). This body of research echoes Binnie et al’s (2007: 170) contention that for people who have been habituated to different ways of travelling, there is an inevitable ‘contestation over how to move, by what means and according to what norms’.…”

Section: Mobility Politics Discursive Government and Local State Powermentioning

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No right to the street: Motorcycle taxis, discourse production and the regulation of unruly mobility

Qian

2014

Urban Studies

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This article investigates the state regulation of motorcycle taxis in Guangzhou, China. Motorcycle taxis play an important role in sustaining the livelihood of a subgroup of urban migrants. However, this urban informality has become the object of strict state regulation after the use of motorcycle was outlawed by the Guangzhou Municipal Government. This article examines how dominant representations and discourses of motorcycle mobility are implicated in the right to urban streets. On the one hand it argues that both motorcycle mobility and the motorcycle taxi are socially-produced categories made visible and intelligible through the state-led programmes to ground them in a terrain of constructed knowledge. On the other hand, it is contended that the production of ideologically charged representations and knowledge catalyzes and constitutes the spatialisation of state regulatory power. In particular, this article examines the street-level regulatory practices and how these practices restructure both social relations and state power. It indicates that the local police’s regulation of motorcycle taxis cannot be sufficiently explained merely in terms of state domination and oppression. Instead, it is anchored in the highly moralised imperative of defending the ‘good’, the ‘ordered’ and the ‘respectable’.

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Section: Mobility Politics Discursive Government and Local State Powermentioning

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No right to the street: Motorcycle taxis, discourse production and the regulation of unruly mobility

Qian

2014

Urban Studies

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“…Emerging as an "urban phenomenon" (Knuts andDelheye, 2012, 1942), the velocipede emerged at the end of the 1860s (Knuts andDelheye, 2012, 1944). By 1900 in early adopter nations such as Belgium, the "urban bourgeoisie" (Knuts andDelheye, 2012, 1945) were the most frequent users. Even at this time, conicts emerged between disparate users, including pedestrians and horse riders.…”

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“…Even at this time, conicts emerged between disparate users, including pedestrians and horse riders. The rst cycling code was introduced in Ghent in 1891 (Knuts andDelheye, 2012, 1947). These early regulations of movement in cities focused on conictual use.…”

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The pushbike song: Rolling physical cultural studies through the landscape

Brabazon¹,

McRae

Redhead

2015

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This article explores how small cities use cycling for both residential transportation and active tourism. While cycling may be child's play, and indeed a part of childhood socialization, the 'pushbike' has a role in regional development. Our work investigates cycling and cycling policy. We then focus on one small city at the southern tip of Western Australia. Albany is attempting to transform itself into a cycling city and an international capital of cycling. This article engages trans-local cultural modelling and evaluates Albany's goal in terms of health, sustainability and economic development. The synergetic and accidental commitment to cycling in Albany provides a model and opportunities for other small cities to consider, apply and improve.

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“…que los grupos sociales de clase alta abandonasen la bicicleta y centrasen su atención en la aparición de los vehículos motorizados (Knuts y Delheye 2012;Sirera 2008, 105) . En el caso de España solo 1 existen algunos trabajos que han buscado reconstruir de manera historicista los primeros pasos del ciclismo femenino.…”

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El ciclismo femenino español en la década de 1890: salud, moda, amor y competición = Spanish women's cycling in the 1890s: Health, fashion, love and competition

Rodríguez¹

2021

Mat. His. Dep.

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En la década de 1890, el ciclismo en España experimentó un fuerte auge, sobre todo en hombres, pero también en mujeres. En estos diez años, el ciclismo se desarrolló tanto en la vertiente de ocio como en la competitiva. En ambos casos se generó un enconado debate entre expertos, especialmente médicos, escritores y religiosos, y los propios aficionados al ciclismo, sobre la conveniencia (o no) de que las mujeres montasen en bicicleta. A los argumentos sobre la salud y la vestimenta, que habitualmente han centrado la atención historiográfica sobre el ciclismo femenino, pronto se sumaron aquellos que hacían referencia a la posibilidad de generar espacios de sociabilidad proclives al surgimiento del amor duradero. Un campo aparte fue el ciclismo de competición, que, si bien fue apoyado por los partidarios de la bicicleta, no terminó de cuajar entre la población y no hubo muchas mujeres que se dedicasen profesionalmente a este deporte. AbstractIn the 1890s, Spanish cycling experienced a great boom, especially in men, but also in women. In those years, cycling developed both as leisure and as competition. In both cases, there was a lively debate among experts, particularly physicians, writers and religious authorities, and cycling fans, about whether riding bicycles was a suitable activity for women (physically, psychologically and socially) as well as occurred in a transnational context. Most historians who address women’s cycling have focused on the arguments about health and clothing, but there also existed the question of cycling as a space for development of strong love relationships. Competitive cycling represents a very different case; although it was encouraged by bicycle supporters, it did not take hold among the population; and there were not many women who did this sport professionally. In this article I analyse these aspects through an in-depth study of journalistic sources. Besides, I use the most up-to-date and leading bibliographic contributions of national and international historiography.

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Cycling in the City? Belgian Cyclists Conquering Urban Spaces, 1860–1900

Cited by 6 publications

References 3 publications

No right to the street: Motorcycle taxis, discourse production and the regulation of unruly mobility

No right to the street: Motorcycle taxis, discourse production and the regulation of unruly mobility

The pushbike song: Rolling physical cultural studies through the landscape

El ciclismo femenino español en la década de 1890: salud, moda, amor y competición = Spanish women's cycling in the 1890s: Health, fashion, love and competition

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