ABSTRACT
This chapter explains mobility as the potential transport of humans and explores the mobility aspect of freedom. Freedom as mobility is composed both of opportunities to travel when and where one pleases and of the feasibility of the choice not to travel. Mobility is defined as the ease of movement, and can refer to movement of capital and information in the form of text, other signs or images. However, the chapter deals with mobility of people in geographical space. Neoliberal city building has been studied in Liverpool and some findings warrant mentioning in the context of mobility. A main analytic distinction is made between negative freedom and positive freedom. The introductory positive views of freedom as mobility are followed by a brief account of some negative external effects of auto-mobility, also couched in terms of freedom. Finally, the possibility of travel best captures ambiguity and freedom potential embedded in simultaneous presence and absence allowed by new information and communication technologies.
