ABSTRACT

This book examines emerging debates and questions around cycling to critically analyse and challenge dominant framings and prevalent conventions of ‘good cycling’.  

Cycling Societies brings to light the plurality of voices and forms of cycling in other societies, revealing the diversity and complexity of cycling across different socio-political regimes, geographies and cultures. It presents case studies from five continents and demonstrates the need of thinking comparatively about cycling and urban environments. The book pivots around the three themes of innovations, inequalities and governance and engages a diversity of voices: world-renowned academics in the field of cycling and urban mobility, cycling activists and transportation consultants.  

Synthesising academic contributions with policy briefs, this innovative book will be of great interest to students, scholars and practitioners of sustainable transportation, urban planning and mobility studies.

chapter 1|15 pages

Introduction

Cycling societies: innovations, inequalities and governance

part I|83 pages

Innovations

chapter 2|19 pages

Integrated Cycling Policy

A framework proposal for a research-connected cycling policy innovation

chapter 3|20 pages

Smart Cycling

Meaning, experience and governance 1

chapter 6|8 pages

‘Converting Motorists’

E-bikes experiments and commuting in Greater Copenhagen

part II|97 pages

Inequalities

chapter 7|16 pages

Researching Cycling Inequalities

Moving towards more sustainable cycling societies

chapter 9|19 pages

Feminine Velonomy

Women’s experiences of bicycle repair and maintenance in France and Australia

chapter 11|17 pages

New Wilderness Mobilities

Cycling against climate change, mass extinction and habitat destruction

chapter 12|18 pages

The Fine Art of Cycling

Bicycles, modernity and political art

part III|67 pages

Governance

chapter 15|19 pages

Algorithmic Governance in the Gig Economy

Entrepreneurialism and solidarity among food delivery workers

chapter 16|4 pages

We Need More Than Plans

A brief analysis of the cycling policy in Belo Horizonte, Brazil

chapter |4 pages

Afterword

Towards cycling societies: when a crisis has the potential to create a new cycling path dependence