Miciukiewicz, K;
Vigar, G;
(2013)
Encounters in motion: considerations of time and social justice in urban mobility research.
In: Henckel, D and Thomaier, S and Könecke, B and Zedda, R and Stabilini, S, (eds.)
Space-Time Design of the Public City.
(pp. 171-185).
Springer: Dordrecht, Netherlands.
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Abstract
This chapter investigates the qualities of urban travel time by looking at daily mobilities as time-spaces of social encounter. Following the ‘new mobilities paradigm’, we regard everyday urban mobility not only as a ‘means to an end’ but also as an ‘end in itself’. This implies a move from instrumental, utilitarian and deterministic understandings of travel time towards a holistic conceptualisation of urban mobility that calls for the embedding of social qualities of travel in urban planning and design. We argue that urban public transport networks are political sites of the everyday wherein emancipatory and discriminatory practices are not only enacted but also reshaped through different events, encounters and processes. Hence, we challenge traditional time-saving strategies in transport appraisal and call for a more complex and politicised approach to time in policy-making that would highlight a socially just consideration of speed, efficiency and qualitative aspects of urban travel.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Encounters in motion: considerations of time and social justice in urban mobility research |
| ISBN-13: | 978-94-007-6424-8 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-94-007-6425-5_12 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6425-5_12 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Everyday mobility, New mobilities paradigm, Space-time use, Social encounter, Social qualities, Urban design, Urban planning |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > UCL Institute for Global Prosperity |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1550110 |
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