ISSN:
1745-0101
Language:
English
Titel der Quelle:
Mobilities
Publ. der Quelle:
Abingdon : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Angaben zur Quelle:
Vol. 12, No. 1 (2017), p. 53-75
DDC:
300
Abstract:
Cars, trains, and bicycles are designed to be on the move. Mobilities studies have theorized and analyzed these modes of transport as powerful entities slicing through, and speeding-up, cities. Yet they also stand still, being parked and locked, immobilized and secured, until their next trip. This article contributes with new insights into parking and locking - 'moorings' - to cycling literature. It presents an ethnography of 'design moorings' and practices associated with parking and locking bikes. The main case study is the very pro-cycling city of Copenhagen. Yet to explore what is unique about Copenhagen, I had to travel to Amsterdam and New York City. This multi-sited approach opens up now surprises, and challenges distinctions between 'supportive' and 'lower cycling cities' by showing that parking infrastructures are widely perceived as poor in the pro-cycling Copenhagen.
Note:
Copyright: © 2015 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group 2015
DOI:
10.1080/17450101.2014.993534
URL:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17450101.2014.993534
URL:
https://search.proquest.com/docview/1872819867
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