ABSTRACT
For decades, analysis has made it clear that radical societal transformation is needed to avoid social, economic, and political collapse from massive ecological overshoot. Within transport and mobilities studies, there are many definitions of “radical”. But answers to the question “How to be radical?” often focus on means – electric vehicles (EV) and smart technology, fare-free public transport, active mobility, or social change that promotes slow, shared, or commoning mobility. Where there is discussion of how to enable radical change, it often focusses on broad heuristics such as transition and mobility justice, metamorphosis, collapse, degrowth, an ethics of care, or abolition, each emphasising different aspects. But “How to be radical?” is also, importantly, a practical question, and in this chapter, we use a selective review of perspectives to deepen our capacity to be practically radical.
